Full Text of SR0571 99th 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 Virgil R. Smith of Woodstock, who passed | 4 | | away on March 22, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Smith was born in Aurora on June 30, 1924 | 6 | | to George D. and Myrtle E. (nee Ebinger) Smith; he grew up on | 7 | | his parents' dairy farm in Oswego and graduated from East | 8 | | Aurora High School; he served in the United States Navy Air | 9 | | Corps from November of 1943 to September of 1945; he earned his | 10 | | bachelor's degree from Cornell College in 1949 and married Jean | 11 | | Ann Trego in Mt. Vernon, Iowa on September 17, 1949; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Smith and his wife moved to Woodstock in | 13 | | 1952 when he was hired as McHenry County Farm Bureau manager; | 14 | | he became a stock broker in 1957 and thrived in his work for | 15 | | the next 50 years, building the Woodstock A.G. Edwards & Sons | 16 | | office into one of the most successful offices in the firm's | 17 | | 100-year history and into one of the most respected financial | 18 | | institutions in McHenry County; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Smith loved Woodstock deeply; for his | 20 | | commitment to making Woodstock a better place, he was honored | 21 | | with the Harold Buschkopf Award and recognized as Woodstock's | 22 | | Man of the Year; he was a champion of the Woodstock Chamber of |
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| 1 | | Commerce, President of Woodstock Little League during its | 2 | | crucial building years, a member of the 1963-64 All-America | 3 | | City committee, Chairman of the Memorial Hospital Foundation | 4 | | Board, and an active member of First United Methodist Church of | 5 | | Woodstock for 62 years; his passion for Woodstock led to his | 6 | | spearheading efforts to keep the Square vibrant, including | 7 | | refurbishing the Woodstock Theatre, the Woodstock Square Mall, | 8 | | and the Woodstock Exchange Building, which were catalysts in | 9 | | the passage of a referendum establishing a special taxing | 10 | | district to enhance the Square; passage of a Woodstock School | 11 | | District 200 referendum and a fundraising campaign for the | 12 | | Opera House followed; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Smith was preceded in death by his wife, | 14 | | Jean; his brother and sister-in-law, J. George and Ann Smith; | 15 | | and his sister and brother-in-law, Elaine Smith Crane and Paul | 16 | | Crane; and | 17 | | | 18 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Smith is survived by his daughter, Marcia | 19 | | (David) Smith Erwin; his 2 sons, Martin (Betty Hamilton) Smith | 20 | | and Gordon (Karen Wrage) Smith; his 9 grandchildren, Michael | 21 | | (Karen) Erwin, Derek Erwin, Melissa (Kyle) Hamilton-Smith | 22 | | Lukey, Mackenzie (Ben) Erwin Keenan, Melinda Hamilton-Smith, | 23 | | Karsten Hamilton-Smith, Tyler Smith, Katrina Hamilton-Smith, | 24 | | and Grayson Smith; and his 4 great-grandchildren, Brighton | 25 | | Haverland, Carter Erwin, Brooks Keenan and Beckett Keenan; |
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| 1 | | therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 | | Virgil R. Smith, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 5 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Virgil Smith as an expression of our | 9 | | deepest sympathy.
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