Full Text of HR1390 096th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Walter H. | 4 | | Shepard of Antioch, who passed away on August 13, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Walter Shepard was born on March 6, 1935, in | 6 | | Antioch; he was the son of Hanaford E. and Elizabeth (Gaston) | 7 | | Shepard; he married Beverly J. Hampe on October 6, 1959, in | 8 | | Jennings, Missouri; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Walter Shepard lived in Lee Summit, Missouri for | 10 | | several years before moving back to Antioch in 1959; he | 11 | | attended the former Missouri School of Mines and later worked | 12 | | in a steel foundry; he also worked for the State of Illinois | 13 | | Department of Transportation, the Village of Antioch, the City | 14 | | of Evanston, and the Lake County Public Works; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Walter Shepard was particularly proud of his role | 16 | | in building the Hiram Buttrick Saw Mill and establishing the | 17 | | Antioch Historical Society Building; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Walter Shepard was a member of the United | 19 | | Methodist Church of Antioch; he was an Eagle Scout of the Boy | 20 | | Scouts of America; he served in the U.S. Army; he was a past | 21 | | president and member of the Antioch Lions Club; he was a member |
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| 1 | | of the Tuesday night business man's golf league; he was also an | 2 | | avid fisherman and woodworker and loved to boat race with his | 3 | | son and grandson; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Walter Shepard was preceded in death by his | 5 | | parents; his brother, Howard; and his sister, Mary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Walter Shepard is survived by his wife, Beverly; | 7 | | his children, Kevin (Robin) Shepard, Karen Olson, Kathryn | 8 | | (Mark) Woytus, Kristopher (Jenny) Shepard, and Karla Shepard; | 9 | | and his grandchildren, Alex, Jacob, and Joshua Shepard, Leo and | 10 | | Lucas Olson, Matthew and Samantha Woytus, and Michael and | 11 | | Madison Shepard; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Walter | 15 | | H. Shepard; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Walter Shepard as an expression of | 18 | | our sympathy.
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