Full Text of SR0009 97th 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 Kenneth D. Sheppard of Peoria, who passed | 4 | | away on January 13, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born on May 11, 1924, in Lamberton, | 6 | | Minnesota, to Bert and Iva Sheppard; he married Harriet Hinshaw | 7 | | on Feb. 14, 1944, in Riverside, California; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He was a combat veteran of World War II, serving | 9 | | in the United States Army in the European Theater; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He worked 35 years at LeTourneau-Westinghouse and | 11 | | its successors; he was a primary owner of the Peoria Post | 12 | | Newspaper; he was a founding member of Citizens for | 13 | | Representative Government and South Towners; he was a | 14 | | Democratic precinct committeeman; he served on the Peoria | 15 | | County Board; and he served on the Peoria City Council as First | 16 | | District Councilman; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife and his | 18 | | daughter, Niki Walraven; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Kenneth Sheppard is survived by his daughters, | 20 | | Penny Callaway and Lori (and Tim) Newlin; his sons, Ted (and |
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| 1 | | Chris) and Ned (and Kathy); his son-in-law, Dennis Walraven; | 2 | | his 13 grandchildren; and his 6 great-grandchildren; | 3 | | therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 | | his family and friends, the passing of Kenneth Sheppard; and be | 7 | | it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Kenneth Sheppard as a symbol of our | 10 | | sincere sympathy.
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