Full Text of SR0710 101st 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 Duane L. Swenson of Rock Island, who | 4 | | passed away on September 19, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Duane Swenson was born in Moline to Carl E. and | 6 | | Jennie (Boom) Swenson on January 31, 1930; when he was eight | 7 | | years old, his mother passed away; when he was 14 years old, | 8 | | his father married Edna Wegge; he graduated from Moline High | 9 | | School in January of 1948; after high school, he studied at | 10 | | Black Hawk College; during the Korean Conflict, he enlisted in | 11 | | the United States Navy and served from 1951 until 1954; he then | 12 | | returned to college and earned his bachelor's degree in | 13 | | marketing from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; he | 14 | | married Margaret "Peg" Parsons at the First Congregational | 15 | | Church in Moline on June 25, 1955; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Duane Swenson began his career in production | 17 | | control at KVP, a paper company in Michigan; he and his family | 18 | | returned to the Quad-Cities, where he worked at Deere and | 19 | | Company as an accountant and retired after 25 years of service; | 20 | | he then worked at H & R Block during tax season for ten years; | 21 | | he took great joy in his work as Santa's Helper at Duck Creek | 22 | | Mall during the holiday season; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Duane Swenson attended Trinity Lutheran Church | 2 | | and then First Lutheran Church with his wife; he was a | 3 | | dedicated member of the Moline Rotary for 40 years; he and Peg | 4 | | led tours of the Western United States for Rotary Youth | 5 | | Exchange students for 15 years; his proudest accomplishment was | 6 | | receiving the Rotarian of the Year Award; he was a member of | 7 | | the National Association of Accountants and served as | 8 | | secretary, treasurer, and president; he was a member and | 9 | | officer of the Moline After Dinner Club; he sang in several | 10 | | church and civic choirs throughout his life and was in the | 11 | | chorus of the first production season of the Moline Music | 12 | | Guild; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Duane Swenson was preceded in death by his | 14 | | parents; his brother, Robert Swenson; his son-in-law, James | 15 | | Warren; and his great-grandson, James Swenson; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Duane Swenson is survived by his wife of over 64 | 17 | | years, Margaret "Peg" Swenson; his children, Jennifer Swenson | 18 | | Warren, Andrew (Susan) Swenson, and Thomas Swenson; his sister, | 19 | | Helen Jean Frazier; eight grandchildren; ten | 20 | | great-grandchildren; and many other extended family members | 21 | | and friends; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Duane L. Swenson and extend our sincere condolences to his | 2 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Duane Swenson as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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