Full Text of SR0455 96th General Assembly
SR0455 96TH 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 Daniel V. "Louie" McWethy, Jr., of | 4 |
| Aurora, who passed away on October 2, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Aurora October 26, 1918 and was a | 6 |
| lifelong resident; he graduated from West Aurora High School in | 7 |
| 1936 and the University of Illinois in 1940; and
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| WHEREAS, He enlisted in the Marine Corps November 1, 1940 | 9 |
| and was sent to Quantico, Virginia to the 1st Marine Officer | 10 |
| Candidates School; after completing the school and graduating | 11 |
| as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1941, he was assigned to the 8th | 12 |
| Marine Regiment at Camp Elliot in San Diego, California on | 13 |
| January 6, 1942; he was sent with the 2nd Marine Brigade to | 14 |
| American Samoa; following Samoa, he was engaged in the Battles | 15 |
| of Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian; his unit was | 16 |
| awarded two Presidential Citations and the South Pacific Medal | 17 |
| with four Battle Stars; he received the Purple Heart for wounds | 18 |
| suffered on Saipan and returned to the United States in 1944 | 19 |
| and was assigned to staff and command school at Quantico; and
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| WHEREAS, After completing school he was assigned to | 21 |
| Headquarters Marines Corps, Washington, DC, where he met his | 22 |
| wife to be, Lillian G. "Elgie" Cavette; they married in March |
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| of 1945; in August of 1945 he was honorably discharged from the | 2 |
| Marine Corps as a Lt. Colonel and returned to Aurora with his | 3 |
| wife; he joined the McWethy Brothers Insurance Firm and worked | 4 |
| there until he retired in 1983; he served on the Boards of | 5 |
| Merchants National Bank for 35 years, Copley Hospital for 35 | 6 |
| years, and Sunnymere for 33 years; he was a member of the | 7 |
| Aurora Country Club since 1946; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Elgie; and | 9 |
| his parents, Daniel and Nellie McWethy; and
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| WHEREAS, Daniel McWethy, Jr. is survived by his daughters, | 11 |
| Susan (Charlie) Holt, Sandy (Dave) Ellis, and Sally (Jack) | 12 |
| Townsend; his grandchildren, Kristine Whittle, Jamey (Keith) | 13 |
| Landry, Kelly (Mike) Samson, Robert (Blanca) Townsend, and | 14 |
| Michael (fiancé, Stephanie Savage) Townsend; his | 15 |
| great-granddaughters, Madelyn and Alison Landry; and his three | 16 |
| sisters, Tycka Ochsenschlager, Suzanne McWethy, and Betty Lou | 17 |
| (Dave) Sims; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 19 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 20 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Daniel McWethy, Jr.; and | 21 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Daniel V. "Louie" McWethy, Jr. as a | 2 |
| symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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