Full Text of SR1343 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 Robert Dean Stuart of Edwardsville, who | 4 | | passed away on January 17, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bob Stuart was born in Granite City to James and | 6 | | Verna Diehle Stuart on April 10, 1939; he graduated from | 7 | | Granite City High School in 1957; he then attended Missouri | 8 | | Valley College where he was a member of the Sigma Nu | 9 | | fraternity, lettered in basketball and golf, and graduated in | 10 | | 1961; he earned a master's degree in education administration | 11 | | from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; he married | 12 | | Sandra Stephens at the Van Brunt Presbyterian Church in Kansas | 13 | | City, Missouri on June 25, 1961; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Bob Stuart had a long and distinguished career | 15 | | with the Edwardsville School District, which he began as a | 16 | | science teacher and coach for Edwardsville Junior High School | 17 | | in 1961; he was then named Assistant Principal of the junior | 18 | | high and went on to be the Principal of Glen Carbon Elementary | 19 | | School; in 1983, he was promoted to Director of Instruction for | 20 | | the district and then named Assistant Superintendent in Charge | 21 | | of Curriculum; in 1991, he was named Superintendent of Schools | 22 | | and remained in that position until he retired in 1996; he | 23 | | considered the passing of the referendum and overseeing the |
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| 1 | | construction of the new high school to be the highlight of his | 2 | | career; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Bob Stuart was a member of the First Presbyterian | 4 | | Church of Edwardsville for over 50 years; he was a proud member | 5 | | of DeMolay, the Jaycees, and the Rotary, where he was named a | 6 | | Paul Harris Fellows Scholar; he was appointed and served on the | 7 | | YMCA Board and was commissioner for the Edwardsville Fire and | 8 | | Police Commission; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Bob Stuart is survived by his wife of 57 years, | 10 | | Sandy; his two children, Stacy (Randy) Wimmer and Steve (Katie) | 11 | | Stuart; and his grandchildren, Taylor (Jamie) Lockhart, and | 12 | | Dean and Hannah Stuart; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Robert Dean Stuart and extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Bob Stuart as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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