Full Text of SR0145 98th 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 James H. Reed of Arlington Heights, who | 4 | | passed away on February 19, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Reed was born on December 28, 1921, in | 6 | | Chicago; his parents were Calvin M. and Rachel B. Reed; he was | 7 | | the beloved husband of the late Dolores M. Reed for 61 years; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, James Reed was a proud member of the United States | 10 | | Marine Corps during World War II; he joined 3 days after the | 11 | | bombing of Pearl Harbor and served with distinction as an | 12 | | assault radioman throughout the South Pacific as a member of | 13 | | the 3rd Battalion, 22nd Regiment; he earned the rank of | 14 | | corporal and participated in 3 assault landings in the Marshall | 15 | | Islands; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, James Reed will be remembered for his considerable | 17 | | educational and career achievements; after attaining the rank | 18 | | of Eagle Scout in high school, he earned his bachelor's degree | 19 | | in mathematics with a minor in physics and engineering from | 20 | | Eastern Illinois University and his master's degree in | 21 | | personnel with a minor in statistics from the University of | 22 | | Wisconsin; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his life, James Reed held positions as | 2 | | corporate manager, senior systems analyst, and industrial | 3 | | engineer for such companies as the Ford Motor Company, | 4 | | Whirlpool, and Fingerhut; he also served as a guest lecturer at | 5 | | Purdue University; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, James Reed enjoyed square dancing and calling, | 7 | | stamp collecting, being a "winter Texan", traveling in his RV, | 8 | | and watching the Chicago Bears; as a square dancer, he was on | 9 | | the board of the Metropolitan Chicago Association of Square | 10 | | Dancers as a director and as 2nd vice president and convention | 11 | | chairman; he and his wife traveled extensively throughout the | 12 | | United States as square dance ambassadors and most notably | 13 | | traveled to Russia as part of a cultural exchange, where they | 14 | | represented square dancing as the official American folk dance | 15 | | of Illinois; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, James Reed is survived by his daughters, Carol L. | 17 | | Bolka, Catherine A. Reed, and Nancy E. Reed, and his | 18 | | granddaughters, Rachel E. Bolka and Laura B. | 19 | | Gardzelewski-Batterton; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 22 | | his family and friends, the passing of James H. Reed; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of James Reed as an expression of our | 4 | | sympathy.
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