Full Text of SR1131 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 Stephen D. Smouse of Antioch, who passed | 4 | | away on November 5, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Stephen Smouse was born in Ottawa to Kenneth and | 6 | | Elizabeth "Betty" (Dowd) Smouse on May 22, 1952; he moved to | 7 | | Antioch with his family in 1956 and attended Antioch Grade | 8 | | School and Antioch Community High School, graduating in 1970; | 9 | | he attended Millikin University in Decatur and Carthage | 10 | | College, Kenosha, Wisconsin; he graduated from the Worsham | 11 | | College of Mortuary Science in Chicago in 1978; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Stephen Smouse worked for Roadway Express, and | 13 | | after graduating, began working for the Strang Funeral Home, | 14 | | eventually becoming manager; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Stephen Smouse served as an Antioch Township | 16 | | Trustee beginning in 1997; he served as Antioch Township | 17 | | Supervisor and was instrumental in building the Antioch-Lake | 18 | | Villa Township Center and the Tim Osmond Sports Park; he | 19 | | started the tri-township bus with Lake Villa and Grant | 20 | | Townships; he held several FEMA certifications; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Stephen Smouse was a member of the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Township Officials Association, the Illinois Township | 2 | | Supervisors Association, and president of the Antioch Hillside | 3 | | Cemetery Association; he was a member of the Antioch Historical | 4 | | Society, the Antioch Plan Commission, the Antioch Arbor Day | 5 | | Committee, the Antioch Jaycees, Friends of the Antioch Library, | 6 | | and many other professional organizations; he was a 25-year | 7 | | member of the Antioch Rotary Club and a 22-year member and | 8 | | paramedic for the Antioch Rescue Squad; he earned his pilots | 9 | | license in 1982; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Stephen Smouse is survived by his wife, Gerianne | 11 | | (Spellman); his daughter, Casey (Richard) Hafferkamp; his | 12 | | siblings, Jerry (Jody) Smouse, Rick Smouse, Jeff (Shari) | 13 | | Smouse, and Betsy Smouse; his grandchildren, Ashley, Wyatt, | 14 | | Lily, Luke, and Bennett; and many nieces and nephews; | 15 | | therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Stephen D. Smouse, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Stephen Smouse as an expression of | 23 | | our deepest sympathy.
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