Bill Text: IL SR0353 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Oscar Carlson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR0353 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0353-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of Oscar William Carlson Jr. of Silvis, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on May 26, 2021; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Oscar Carlson was born to Oscar W. Sr. and Leona | ||||||
6 | VanDeWeghe Carlson in Kewanee on October 22, 1938; he was | ||||||
7 | educated in Cambridge schools and graduated from Cambridge | ||||||
8 | High School in 1956; he attended St. Ambrose College in | ||||||
9 | Davenport and then graduated from the University of Illinois | ||||||
10 | at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical | ||||||
11 | Engineering in February of 1961;
he then attended Officer | ||||||
12 | Candidate School for the United States Navy from February of | ||||||
13 | 1961 to July of 1964; he had been home ported out of Newport | ||||||
14 | during active duty and went on several cruises to Europe and | ||||||
15 | the Caribbean; he was a full lieutenant when he left the Navy; | ||||||
16 | and
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17 | WHEREAS, Oscar Carlson worked at Stanley Consultants in | ||||||
18 | Muscatine, Iowa from 1964 to 1987; he then worked for the C.T. | ||||||
19 | Main Company in Charlotte, North Carolina for three years; in | ||||||
20 | 1990, he transferred to the Cincinnati, Ohio office of R. M. | ||||||
21 | Parsons Company; he retired in 1998 and returned to the Quad | ||||||
22 | City area he loved, where he met and married Margaret "Peggy" | ||||||
23 | Schmid on October 12, 2001; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Oscar Carlson was preceded in death by his | ||||||
2 | parents; his sister, Nancy; and his brother, Richard; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Oscar Carlson is survived by his wife, Peggy; his | ||||||
4 | many nieces and nephews; and his great-nieces and | ||||||
5 | great-nephews; therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
8 | Oscar William Carlson and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
9 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
10 | further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | presented to the family of Oscar Carlson as an expression of | ||||||
13 | our deepest sympathy.
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