Full Text of SR0483 098th 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 David Malcolm "Butch" Armstead of | 4 | | Bazemore, Alabama, who passed away on February 25, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, David Armstead was born on August 14, 1943, in | 6 | | Waukegan, to Woodson and Earnie (Harris) Armstead; he attended | 7 | | Trinity African Methodist Church in Waukegan and gradated from | 8 | | North Chicago Community High School in 1961, where he played | 9 | | football and basketball; he graduated from Yankton College in | 10 | | Yankton, South Dakota, where he also played basketball; he | 11 | | served his country in the United States Army from 1966-1971 and | 12 | | was honorably discharged with the rank of Captain; he married | 13 | | Linda McCollum on March 28, 1969; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, David Armstead worked for Johnson & Johnson in | 15 | | Chicago in the human resources department and was later | 16 | | employed as a manager by the Miller Brewing Company in | 17 | | Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, David Armstead relocated to Phoenix, Arizona, in | 19 | | the late 1980s and worked in personnel administration; he | 20 | | served in the Arizona House of Representatives, representing | 21 | | District 23, from 1992 to 1998; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, David Armstead was preceded in death by his | 2 | | parents and by his brother, Walter Odell Armstead; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, David Armstead is survived by his wife of 43 | 4 | | years, Linda; his son, David (Denne') Armstead; his daughter, | 5 | | Linda (Marques) January; his grandson, Tyler; his | 6 | | granddaughter, Taylor; his brother, Robert (Debra) Armstead; | 7 | | his sisters, Betty (Ernest) Fisher and Marcia Blassingame; and | 8 | | a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be | 9 | | it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | David Malcolm "Butch" Armstead, and extend our sincere | 13 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 14 | | him; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of David Armstead as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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