Full Text of SR0804 94th General Assembly
SR0804 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of O. Boyd Clow of Oswego on | 4 |
| Sunday, July 2, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Oliver Boyd Clow was born in Wheatland Township on | 6 |
| September 19, 1922; he married Elizabeth Ann on December 27, | 7 |
| 1949; she preceded him in death on May 11, 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the 1939 graduating class of | 9 |
| Aurora East High School; he attended the University of Colorado | 10 |
| on a football scholarship and left school after two years to | 11 |
| help run the family farm; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1949, he moved to what was to become Clow | 13 |
| International Airport; he was a farm implement dealer, and he | 14 |
| traded a piece of farm equipment to buy his first airplane, a | 15 |
| Taylor Craft, and then built his own airstrip, which led to the | 16 |
| Chicago Glider Club moving there; the airport grew and was | 17 |
| named the Airport of the Year in 1989 for Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Clow enjoyed flying and flew all kinds of | 19 |
| aircraft from single engine tail draggers to twin engine | 20 |
| planes, and in 2003, he was inducted into the Illinois Aviation | 21 |
| Hall of Fame; today the airport is home to the Illinois | 22 |
| Aviation Museum, which he helped to found; the airport was | 23 |
| featured in the movie "Folks", and Mr. Clow had a cameo | 24 |
| appearance in the film; the airport was eventually purchased by | 25 |
| the Village of Bollingbrook and given the name Bollingbrook | 26 |
| Clow International Airport; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian | 28 |
| Church of DuPage; he was a Cub Scout leader and a Special | 29 |
| Deputy with the Will County Sheriff's Department; he was a | 30 |
| member of the National Rifle Association, the Experimental |
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| Aircraft Association, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots | 2 |
| Association, Ducks Unlimited, the Flying Farmers Association, | 3 |
| and the Navioneers; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Boyd Clow has been deeply felt by | 5 |
| many, especially his son, F. Andrew "Andy" (Sandra) Clow; his | 6 |
| daughter, Susie (Danny) Clow-Threm; his loving companion, | 7 |
| Myrna Walker; his grandchildren, Nathan F. Andrew "Drew" and | 8 |
| Zachary Clow, Nicholas Clow, Oliver Clow-Threm, and Carissa | 9 |
| Threm; in addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by his | 10 |
| parents, Henry Franklin and Luella (Boyd) Clow; his brother, | 11 |
| William Franklin Clow; and his sister, Caroline Collins; | 12 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 |
| O. Boyd Clow, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 |
| family, his friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 20 |
| sympathy.
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