Full Text of SR1299 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 Quint L. Sherwood of Champaign, who | 4 | | passed away on November 12, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood was born on November 22, 1928 in | 6 | | Canton; his parents were Clarence and Mary Smith Sherwood; he | 7 | | married Arlene Sherwood on June 29, 1986 in Champaign; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood served in the United States Air | 9 | | Force for 4 years during the Korean Conflict, with one year at | 10 | | Thule Air Force Base in Greenland above the Arctic Circle; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood served as a journeyman electrician | 12 | | and an electronic technician for 50 years for many companies, | 13 | | including the Ohio barge lines' Illinois River division in the | 14 | | late 1940s; he was the owner and operator of Electrical | 15 | | Technician Service in Rantoul into the mid-1960s; he was an | 16 | | engineering technician for the C.S. Johnson Company in | 17 | | Champaign and traveled around the world during the 1970s | 18 | | installing mass-pour concrete plants for highway and dam | 19 | | projects; he also worked as a maintenance electrician for | 20 | | General Motors for many years until his retirement in 1986; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood was a lifelong member of the First |
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| 1 | | Baptist Church of Champaign in Savoy; he was also a member of | 2 | | the Champaign Radio Control Club, International Toastmasters, | 3 | | and the Boy Scouts of America's Northern District Arrow Head | 4 | | Council, where he served as district chairman in the early | 5 | | 1960s; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood enjoyed hunting, bowling, golf, | 7 | | building and flying radio-controlled airplanes, and spending | 8 | | time at Panera Bread with his friends; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood was preceded in death by his wife, | 10 | | Arlene, and his half-brother, Harold Nibbling; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood is survived by his sons, Lou (Sue) | 12 | | Sherwood and Don Sherwood; his daughter, Donna (David) | 13 | | Sherwood-Jackson; his grandchildren, Lee (Ashley) Sherwood, | 14 | | Devin (Leann) Goldenstein, and Laurel (Anthonie) | 15 | | Hartman-Johnson; and his 3 great-grandchildren; therefore, be | 16 | | it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 19 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Quint L. Sherwood; and | 20 | | be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Quint Sherwood as an expression of | 2 | | our sympathy.
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