Full Text of SR1144 99th 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 Richard Carl "Dick" Schwarz of Peoria, | 4 | | who passed away on October 15, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dick Schwarz was born in Ashtabula, Ohio on | 6 | | September 4, 1937 to Harold and Laura (nee Bratton) Schwarz; he | 7 | | was valedictorian of his class in Edgewood High School, where | 8 | | he excelled in high school sports and held the county records | 9 | | in high jump and high hurdles for many years; he graduated from | 10 | | Kent State University, majoring in geology and was a member of | 11 | | Sigma Nu Fraternity; he married Myrna Wilson on November 14, | 12 | | 1964 at Highland Presbyterian Church in Street, Maryland; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dick Schwarz was employed by American Water Works | 14 | | Company, Inc., where he worked for 7 subsidiary companies in 4 | 15 | | states over his 38-year career, ending in Peoria, where he | 16 | | retired as manager of the Northern Division of Illinois | 17 | | American Water Company in 1999; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Dick Schwarz was a Rotarian for 38 years, 10 years | 19 | | in Belleville, where he served as President, and 28 years with | 20 | | the Peoria Downtown Rotary; he was Chairman of the Board for | 21 | | the Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the | 22 | | Board for Belleville-Fairview Heights Junior Achievement; he |
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| 1 | | is a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow and received the Louis B. | 2 | | Neumiller Founders Award for Junior Achievement of Central | 3 | | Illinois in Peoria; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dick Schwarz loved the outdoors and enjoyed | 5 | | hunting, fishing, boating, walking in the woods, picking morel | 6 | | mushrooms, and practicing amateur taxidermy; he was a member of | 7 | | United Presbyterian Church in Peoria, where he served as a | 8 | | deacon; he is a member of his high school Hall of Fame; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dick Schwarz was preceded in death by his parents; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dick Schwarz is survived by his wife of 50 years, | 12 | | Myrna; his 2 sons, Richard "Rick", Jr. (Jody) and Cyril "Cy" | 13 | | (Karolee); his 3 grandchildren, Justin, Kaitlyn, and Matthew | 14 | | Schwarz; his brother, Robert (Mary); his 7 nephews; and his | 15 | | niece; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Richard Carl "Dick" Schwarz, and extend our sincere condolences | 19 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 20 | | it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Dick Schwarz as an expression of our | 2 | | deepest sympathy.
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