Full Text of SR0527 096th General Assembly
SR0527 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
Gerald Snyder, Jr. of Lake Bluff, who | 4 |
| passed away on June 16, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Gerald Snyder, Jr. was a graduate of Trinity | 6 |
| College in Hartford, Connecticut and the University of | 7 |
| Wisconsin Law School; and
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| WHEREAS, Gerald Snyder, Jr. served his country with pride | 9 |
| and distinction as a member of the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air | 10 |
| Command from 1955 to 1958; he served as a navigator in the | 11 |
| 376th Air Refueling Squadron, which performed mid-flight | 12 |
| refueling for jet bombers; and
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| WHEREAS, Gerald Snyder, Jr. was a partner in the firm on | 14 |
| Snyder, Clarke, and Fouts; taking a personal interest in his | 15 |
| clients, he would routinely help clients pay their legal bills | 16 |
| and find them lodgings when they were in need; he also | 17 |
| sponsored dozens of children to attend Camp Jorn, a YMCA | 18 |
| facility in Wisconsin set up by Mr. Snyder's father decades | 19 |
| ago; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Gerald Snyder, Jr. devoted great amounts of time | 21 |
| to serving the Episcopal Church; he also sang in church choirs |
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| for nearly 45 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Gerald Snyder, Jr. was a member of the Lake Bluff | 3 |
| Park Board; as a member, he was instrumental in the planning | 4 |
| and construction of the Blair Park Pool and Recreation Center; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Gerald Snyder, Jr. is survived by his wife, | 7 |
| Elaine; his 4 children; and his 8 grandchildren; therefore, be | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Gerald Snyder, Jr.; and | 12 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Gerald Snyder, Jr. as an expression | 15 |
| of our sympathy.
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