Full Text of SR0163 95th General Assembly
SR0163 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Larry Wetherholt of Decatur, who passed | 4 |
| away on April 25, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Wetherholt was born on September 26, 1937 in | 6 |
| Decatur; his parents were Hansel and Myrtle Bennett Wetherholt; | 7 |
| he married Dorothy Elizabeth (Liz) Burton on February 14, 1959; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, Larry Wetherholt served his country from 1954 to | 10 |
| 1959 in the U. S. Marine Corps; he was well known in the | 11 |
| Decatur community for his art work and sense of humor; his | 12 |
| Timber-Doodle ran in the Herald and Review and other newspapers | 13 |
| for 15 years; his biggest accomplishment was 5 Bavarian | 14 |
| Sculptures of Children's Fountain in Frankenmuth, Michigan, | 15 |
| which has been seen by thousands of tourists; he had an exhibit | 16 |
| in Paris, France in 1983; he won snow sculpture events with his | 17 |
| sons, which took him to Quebec, Canada and Cortina, Italy; his | 18 |
| works included the Cross and two other pieces for the Lutheran | 19 |
| School Association of Decatur and a cityscape in metal at | 20 |
| Earthmover's; he designed ornaments for Easter Seals, a mural | 21 |
| at Hickory Point Bank Forsyth, a sculpture of Children in front | 22 |
| of McGaughy School in Mt. Zion, two sculptures of Children at | 23 |
| the Scovil Zoo, and many work shops in Decatur area schools as |
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| well as judging at art fairs; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Wetherholt was preceded in death by his | 3 |
| parents and his sister, Verna Gail Richards; he is survived by | 4 |
| his wife, Dorothy Elizabeth (Liz) Wetherholt; his five | 5 |
| children, Troy Dale, Stephen Larry (Kelli), Alan Wayne (LaRea), | 6 |
| Tina Rene Simroth (Mike), and Eric Christopher (Tricia); his | 7 |
| grandchildren, Crystal Pence, Donald Palmiter, April | 8 |
| Wetherholt, Larry James Wetherholt, Bethany Wetherholt, and | 9 |
| Jeremy Simroth; and his five great grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Wetherholt will be remembered by all who | 11 |
| knew him as a loving man who devoted himself fully to his art; | 12 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Larry Wetherholt; and be | 16 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Larry Wetherholt as an expression of | 19 |
| our sympathy.
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