Full Text of HR1579 96th 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 Homer L. | 4 | | Ward, Sr. of Robbins, who passed away on December 30, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born in New Boston, Texas, on June 5, 1919, | 6 | | to Annie McFarland and Bloxie Wade; the family moved north to | 7 | | Evanston when he was only two or three years old; he attended | 8 | | both the Evanston and later the Chicago Public Schools; he met | 9 | | his future wife, Mary Elizabeth Riddick, while attending public | 10 | | school in Chicago; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, His mother sent him back to Texas to live with her | 12 | | sister, Della, and her family; while there, he developed his | 13 | | lifelong passion for hunting and fishing and a love and | 14 | | appreciation for nature and the environment; he later returned | 15 | | to Chicago and renewed his pursuit of Mary Riddick, as well as | 16 | | working with the Illinois Conservation Corps Camp and the WPA; | 17 | | he and his wife were married in 1940; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, He enlisted in the United States Army in 1944; he | 19 | | was chosen for the special pilot training program for | 20 | | "Coloreds" in the Air Corps division in Tuskegee, Alabama; the | 21 | | men in the program became the Tuskegee Airmen; he served in the | 22 | | military until the end of World War II and returned to Chicago; |
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| 1 | | in 1949, he moved to Robbins; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, He designed, with the help of a few good friends, | 3 | | and built his Robbins home;
he became a Master Mason in 1954 | 4 | | and is a lifetime member of the Alpha & Omega Lodge #121 Free & | 5 | | Accepted Masons, Prince Hall Affiliation;
he was an early | 6 | | member of the Robbins Rod & Gun Club; he was a Hunter Safety | 7 | | Instructor for the Illinois Wildlife Federation, Law | 8 | | Enforcement Division;
He was a Range Master and Trainer for, | 9 | | and member of, the Robbins Police Department;
he was an elected | 10 | | Commissioner of the Robbins Park District;
and for many years | 11 | | he was the maintenance superintendent for the Housing Authority | 12 | | of the County of Cook in Robbins; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Homer Ward, Sr. is survived by his children, Mary, | 14 | | June, and Homer, Jr.; his grandchildren; his | 15 | | great-grandchildren; and his great-great-grandchildren; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Homer | 20 | | Ward, Sr.; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Homer Ward, Sr. as a symbol of our |
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| 1 | | sincere sympathy.
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