Bill Text: IL SR0144 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Donald W. "Don" Damewood of Champaign.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-19 - Resolution Adopted [SR0144 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0144-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Donald W. "Don" Damewood of Champaign, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on February 6, 2015; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Donald Damewood graduated from Champaign Central | ||||||
6 | High School, where he played football and served as treasurer | ||||||
7 | for his class reunions for many years; and
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8 | WHEREAS, After graduation, Donald Damewood joined the | ||||||
9 | United States Navy, where he served for several years in the | ||||||
10 | Navy's Submarine Force on the USS Bugara; and
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11 | WHEREAS, After his discharge from the Navy, Donald Damewood | ||||||
12 | joined the Champaign Fire Department in June of 1957, serving | ||||||
13 | as an engineer at Champaign Firefighters Local 1260 for 25 | ||||||
14 | years until his retirement; he was a leader in both the local | ||||||
15 | and State firefighters associations and worked tirelessly for | ||||||
16 | the department's Firefighters Pension Fund; he was also an | ||||||
17 | Emeritus Officer and a Central District Trustee for the | ||||||
18 | Associated Firefighters of Illinois and was elected to serve as | ||||||
19 | a trustee at the 16th Biennial Convention in Danville in 1966; | ||||||
20 | he served as a Trustee until 1982; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Donald Damewood was a member of the American |
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1 | Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Humane Society of the | ||||||
2 | United States; he was also an active member of the Elks Club | ||||||
3 | for over 60 years; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Donald Damewood enjoyed cooking and reading; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Donald Damewood was preceded in death by his | ||||||
6 | sisters, Betty Ayers and Dorothy Nesmith, and his wife, Pat | ||||||
7 | Damewood; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Donald Damewood is survived by his son, Keith | ||||||
9 | Lustig and his life-partner, Matt Hurley, and recent companion, | ||||||
10 | Barbara Bender; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
13 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Donald W. "Don" | ||||||
14 | Damewood; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the family of Donald Damewood as an expression of | ||||||
17 | our sympathy.
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