Full Text of SR0696 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Kenneth Allan Megaw of Spring Grove, who | 4 | | passed away on June 24, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kenneth Megaw was born in Mankato, Minnesota to | 6 | | Woodrow and Elnora (Olsen) Megaw on January 11, 1939; he | 7 | | graduated as the valedictorian from Good Thunder High School in | 8 | | 1956; he served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Sea | 9 | | Dragon, the sixth nuclear powered submarine which was uniquely | 10 | | designed for operation under the polar ice cap; his commission | 11 | | as a sonar operator and technician took him all over the | 12 | | Pacific Ocean from Hong Kong to Hawaii, including a mission to | 13 | | the polar ice cap where the Sea Dragon became the first | 14 | | submarine to surface at the North Pole; he was a resident of | 15 | | Spring Grove since 1994; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Kenneth Megaw worked as an electrical engineer and | 17 | | was at the forefront of network communications; he retired from | 18 | | CCH Computax in 2004 after working over 40 years in the field; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Kenneth Megaw and his brothers grew up with a | 21 | | shared passion for all things automotive, from going to NASCAR | 22 | | races with his brother, Gary, to watching his godson, Ryan, |
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| 1 | | race on the AMA circuit; he built a dune buggy, restored a 66' | 2 | | Ford Mustang and a family inherited 49' Ford farm truck; he had | 3 | | a great love of country music and the films of Clint Eastwood; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kenneth Megaw was preceded in death by his parents | 6 | | and an infant son, baby Megaw; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Kenneth Megaw is survived by his wife, Karen; his | 8 | | sons, Shawn (Dana) Megaw and Scott Megaw; his grandchildren, | 9 | | Elizabeth and Maxwell Megaw; his brothers, Donald (Mary) Megaw | 10 | | and Gary (RaVae) Megaw; and many nieces and nephews; therefore, | 11 | | be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Kenneth Allan Megaw, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Kenneth Megaw as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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