Full Text of SR0365 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of David Alan "Dave" Swickard of | 4 | | Rochester, formerly of Charleston, who passed away on April | 5 | | 10, 2021; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dave Swickard was born in Charleston to John W. | 7 | | and Ruth (Harper) Swickard on February 14, 1933; he served in | 8 | | the U.S. Army during the Korean War; he married Alice Jayne | 9 | | Morris in Lawrenceville on August 17, 1958; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dave Swickard worked as a licensed funeral | 11 | | director and embalmer alongside his grandparents, Sam and | 12 | | Lenna Harper, his parents, and his brother, Stephen Swickard, | 13 | | in the family business, Harper-Swickard Funeral Home, for more | 14 | | than five decades; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dave Swickard served as Coles County Coroner for | 16 | | one term; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Dave Swickard was a life member of Paul McVey | 18 | | V.F.W. Post #1592; he started playing taps for veterans' | 19 | | funerals beginning in high school, and he continued until he | 20 | | retired; he was a 32nd degree mason with the Charleston | 21 | | Masonic Lodge #35 A.F. & A.M.; he was a member, past president, |
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| 1 | | and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Charleston Rotary Club; he | 2 | | provided his motor home and was chauffeur for the president of | 3 | | Rotary International while he was touring Central Illinois; he | 4 | | was a member of the Coles County Barbershoppers and Wesley | 5 | | United Methodist Church Chancel Choir for many years; he was a | 6 | | longtime member of Wesley United Methodist Church and a | 7 | | current member of the First United Methodist Church of | 8 | | Springfield; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dave Swickard was honored to serve families | 10 | | during their times of grief, and he was able to balance that | 11 | | responsibility with being active in the community and | 12 | | completely devoted to his family; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dave Swickard was preceded in death by his | 14 | | parents and his brothers, John Swickard Jr. and Stephen S. | 15 | | Swickard; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dave Swickard is survived by his wife; his | 17 | | children, Laura (Paul) Worrall and Reverend Dr. Robert A. | 18 | | (Gina) Swickard; his six grandchildren and seven | 19 | | great-grandchildren, with another due in August; his brother, | 20 | | James H. (Nancy) Swickard; and his sisters-in-law, Phyllis | 21 | | Swickard and Shirley Swickard; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | David Alan "Dave" Swickard and extend our sincere condolences | 3 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 4 | | it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Dave Swickard as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy.
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