Full Text of SR0591 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 William D. Greek of Henry, who passed | 4 | | away on September 21, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, William Greek was born on August 17, 1939 in | 6 | | Princeton to William C. and Ardis Drake Greek; he served his | 7 | | country in the United States Army; he married Nan J. Trovero on | 8 | | January 1, 1983; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, William Greek was involved in farming and | 10 | | agri-business all of his life and served as a volunteer | 11 | | firefighter in the Henry Fire Protection District for over 30 | 12 | | years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, William Greek was a former school board member, | 14 | | Chairman of the Marshall-Putnam unit of the American Cancer | 15 | | Society, a member of Henry American Legion Post #323, a board | 16 | | member of the Henry Community Food Pantry, active with the | 17 | | Henry Red Stocking Fund, and a member of the First Christian | 18 | | Church in Henry, where he served as a deacon, elder, and | 19 | | Chairman of the Board; he later joined the Henry Presbyterian | 20 | | Church; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, William Greek was active with the Henry Rotary |
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| 1 | | Club; he was a former President and a Paul Harris Fellow; he | 2 | | was a Group Study Exchange team member that traveled to | 3 | | Australia and in 2007 he was named Rotarian of the Year; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, William Greek was Past Master of the Henry Masonic | 5 | | Lodge #119 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Ancient | 6 | | Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry NMJ, Peoria Consistory, | 7 | | and the Ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mohammed Shrine in | 8 | | Peoria, where he served as Potentate in 1980; he served as | 9 | | board member of the Shriners Hospital for Children in Chicago | 10 | | for 10 years, including 3 years as board secretary and he was | 11 | | also a member of Peoria Court 40, Royal Order of Jesters; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, William Greek was preceded in death by his wife, | 13 | | Nan; his daughter, Mary Greek; his grandson, Andrew Greek; and | 14 | | his parents; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, William Greek is survived by his daughter, Cyrena | 16 | | (Jerry) Anderson; his sons, Tyler (Samantha) Greek and | 17 | | Nathaniel (Jesica) Greek; and his grandchildren, William, | 18 | | Nicholas, Zachery, Brandon, Trevor, Daniel, and Madison; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | William D. Greek, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of William Greek as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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