Full Text of SR0459 95th General Assembly
SR0459 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Marion Earl "Bud" Sever of Wood River, | 4 |
| who passed away on December 2, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Marion Sever was born March 16, 1924, in East | 6 |
| Alton to John and Bessie (Ingold) Sever; he married the former | 7 |
| Germaine E. Braundmeier on August 31, 1947, in Alhambra; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a United States Air Force veteran, serving | 9 |
| from 1943 to 1945 in both Canada and the United States; he was | 10 |
| the owner of Sever's Market in East Alton for more than 50 | 11 |
| years and is remembered for his personal service, delivering | 12 |
| groceries throughout the town; he is also remembered as being a | 13 |
| kind and generous individual; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of | 15 |
| Latter Day Saints and served as bishop of the Alton Ward in | 16 |
| Godfrey for seven years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; a | 18 |
| brother, Byron Sever; and two sisters, Mary Kohntopp and Pearl | 19 |
| Vieregge; and
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| WHEREAS, Marion "Bud" Sever is survived by his wife, |
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| Germaine; his eight children and their spouses, John and Beth | 2 |
| Sever, Michael and Angie Sever, Marsha and Reid Mortensen, | 3 |
| Suzanne and Scott Smith, Robert and Melody Sever, David and | 4 |
| Claudia Sever, Mary and Alan Young, and Mark and Suzanne Sever; | 5 |
| his 41 grandchildren; his 30 great-grandchildren; his brother, | 6 |
| Boyd Sever; and a sister, Bonnie Gentry; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| his family, friends, and community, the passing of Marion "Bud" | 10 |
| Sever; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Marion "Bud" Sever as a symbol of | 13 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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