Full Text of SR0091 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 former State Senator Claude U. "Bud" | 4 | | Stone, Jr. of Morton, who passed away on December 29, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Stone was born on April 30, 1926 in Peoria; | 6 | | his parents were Claude U. and Alma Marie (nee Poppen) Stone; | 7 | | he married Mary L. Thomas on March 14, 1953 in Roanoke; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Stone attended White Grade School and Peoria | 9 | | High School and received his bachelor's degrees from Cornell | 10 | | University and Bradley University; he subsequently received | 11 | | his master's degree in business administration from Stanford | 12 | | University; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Stone worked for Caterpillar Inc. for 33 | 14 | | years until his retirement in 1985, holding management | 15 | | positions in pricing, advertising, sales development, and | 16 | | marketing, all within the Engine Division; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Stone served as an Illinois State Senator in | 18 | | the 92nd General Assembly, representing the 45th Senate | 19 | | District; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Stone was actively involved in many |
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| 1 | | organizations and committees; he was a Republican precinct | 2 | | committeeman since 1956 in Peoria and Tazewell counties; he was | 3 | | active with Illinois young-Republican organizations and the | 4 | | Republican Party; he also served as Assistant Secretary of the | 5 | | Peoria County Republican Party, as Vice-President of the City | 6 | | of Peoria Republican Party, and as Chairman of the Tazewell | 7 | | County Republican Central Committee; in 1996, he shared the | 8 | | Tazewell County GOP Man of the Year award; he was a member of | 9 | | the Morton Planning Commission for 30 years and he was a | 10 | | founding and 26-year member of the Land Use Advisory Committee | 11 | | for the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission; prior to his | 12 | | service to Morton, he served on the Peoria Planning and Zoning | 13 | | Commission; his greatest length of tenure was being a member of | 14 | | the Illinois State Archaeological Society for over 62 years; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Stone was preceded in death by his wife, | 17 | | Mary, and his sister, Sheila Day; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Stone is survived by 2 daughters, Sandra E. | 19 | | (James) Ludwig and Karen M. (Michael) McEntire; a son, Thomas | 20 | | L. Stone; 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; and a | 21 | | stepsister, Joann Feucht; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
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| 1 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of former State Senator | 2 | | Claude U. "Bud" Stone, Jr.; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Sen. Stone as an expression of our | 5 | | deepest sympathy.
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