Full Text of SR1069 96th 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 Marshall "Zeke" Smith of Edwardsville, | 4 | | who passed away on November 18, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He worked at Western Cartridge Company and | 6 | | attended Shurtleff College, prior to the war; he enlisted the | 7 | | day after Pearl Harbor was attacked and served his country in | 8 | | the infantry in North Africa and the Middle East for | 9 | | thirty-four months; he was discharged as a staff sergeant in | 10 | | November of 1945; he remained in the Ready Reserve as a first | 11 | | sergeant until June of 1954; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He was a lifetime member of the VFW and American | 13 | | Legion; upon graduating from Washington University Law School | 14 | | in 1949, he opened a law practice in Wood River and had a | 15 | | general and trial practice which handled substantial workman's | 16 | | compensation cases; his lifetime in the law business was spent | 17 | | in the East Alton-Wood River area; he also represented the | 18 | | Village of East Alton, the City of Wood River, the St. Louis | 19 | | Regional Airport, and the Wood River Levy District for | 20 | | approximately 20 years; he also served as an Assistant State's | 21 | | Attorney for 8 years;
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| 22 | | WHEREAS, He will always be remembered for his love of |
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| 1 | | telling "war stories" and his "famous" cigar; he enjoyed duck | 2 | | hunting, sailing, traveling the back roads of America, | 3 | | Dixieland music, spending time farming and cattle raising in | 4 | | the Prairietown area, and his everlasting fondness for his dog, | 5 | | Bunky; one of his greatest pleasures was driving friends around | 6 | | the farm in Prairietown; he will also be remembered for the | 7 | | many fall festivities at the farm; upon retirement, he spent | 8 | | much time reading, manicuring his lawn, raising flowers, and | 9 | | welcoming visitors into his home; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Marshall | 11 | | and Estel Smith; and his sisters, Odessa Nelson and Margaret | 12 | | Barley; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Marshall Smith is survived by his wife of 64 | 14 | | years, Virginia; his 3 sons, Mark, Eric, and Wyatt Smith; his | 15 | | grandchildren, Erica Gomez, Ryan Smith, Nona Lynn Smith, Mark | 16 | | Blunt, and Kimberly Cheek; and his six great-grandchildren; | 17 | | therefore, be it
| 18 | | 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 Marshall "Zeke" Smith; | 21 | | and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Marshall "Zeke" Smith as a symbol of | 2 | | our sincere sympathy.
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