Bill Text: IL SR0761 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ward Roberson of Rock Island.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-02-08 - Resolution Adopted [SR0761 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0761-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Ward T. Roberson of Rock Island, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on January 28, 2024; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Ward Roberson was born to Paul and Florence "Flo" | ||||||
| 6 | Sallows Roberson in Moline on November 29, 1945; he married | ||||||
| 7 | Sherry J. Nelson at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Rock Island in | ||||||
| 8 | 1967; he served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Ward Roberson worked for John Deere Harvester in | ||||||
| 10 | East Moline for 32 years, retiring in the late 1990s; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Ward Roberson was a member of the Izaak Walton | ||||||
| 12 | League of America, Davenport Chapter and the QC Parrot Heads; | ||||||
| 13 | he bowled in the John Deere Bowling League for many years; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Ward Roberson enjoyed working on cars, watching | ||||||
| 15 | the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago Bears, collecting coins, and | ||||||
| 16 | fishing; he had an ear for music and enjoyed organizing all of | ||||||
| 17 | his albums and songs by the generations in which they were | ||||||
| 18 | released; he loved spending time with his family, especially | ||||||
| 19 | his grandchildren; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Ward Roberson was preceded in death by his | ||||||
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| 1 | parents; his granddaughter, Elianna; and his twin brother, | ||||||
| 2 | Wade Roberson Sr.; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Ward Roberson is survived by his wife; his | ||||||
| 4 | children, Wendy (Jim) Carlson and Tim (Mary Lou) Roberson; his | ||||||
| 5 | grandchildren, Kyle Carlson, Kasey Carlson, Kelsey Carlson, | ||||||
| 6 | and Matthew Roberson; and his siblings, Diane (Larry) Smith, | ||||||
| 7 | Paulette (Shawn) Moreno, and Amy Kresse; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 10 | Ward T. Roberson and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 11 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 12 | further
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