Bill Text: IL SR0978 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of John L. "Jack" Sherwood of Crystal Lake.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-06 - Resolution Adopted [SR0978 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0978-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 John L. "Jack" Sherwood of Crystal Lake, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on February 19, 2014; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, John Sherwood was born on May 27, 1927 in Chicago; | ||||||
| 6 | his parents were Joseph and Kathryn Sherwood; he was a graduate | ||||||
| 7 | of St. Leo High School; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, John Sherwood was a proud member of the United | ||||||
| 9 | States Marine Corps and proudly served his country during World | ||||||
| 10 | War II; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, John Sherwood was the co-owner of Chicago | ||||||
| 12 | Stationers, Inc. in Chicago for 47 years; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, John Sherwood was an avid golfer; he also | ||||||
| 14 | volunteered often for Faith in Action and Meals on Wheels; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, John Sherwood was the recipient of the Bishop's | ||||||
| 16 | Award for his 25 years of service in religious education; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, John Sherwood was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 18 | parents; his first wife, Dolores (nee Mulcahy); his brothers, | ||||||
| 19 | Joseph and James; and his sisters, Rita, Margaret, and | ||||||
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| 1 | Patricia; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, John Sherwood is survived by his loving wife, Mary | ||||||
| 3 | (nee Ringness); his children, William, Jean (Reid) Anderson, | ||||||
| 4 | Dolores (James) Gorski, John (Beth), Terrence (Larry), Timothy | ||||||
| 5 | (Julie), and Carol (Timothy) Kane, James (Maureen) Ringness, | ||||||
| 6 | Kristin (James) Blake, Jennifer (Timothy) Schnepf, and Amy | ||||||
| 7 | (Thomas) Perkins; his grandchildren, Ryan (Liz), Todd | ||||||
| 8 | (Krissy), Andrew, Meghan, Greg, Renee, David, Carolyn, Rachel, | ||||||
| 9 | Kathleen, Jack, Magaret, Ann, Samantha, Marley, Mike, Bridget, | ||||||
| 10 | Emmett, Kevin, Thomas, Lauren, Jana (John), Tara, Michael, | ||||||
| 11 | Christopher, Benjamin, Carly, and Nathan; his | ||||||
| 12 | great-grandchildren, Sadie, Sean, Riley, Courtney, and John | ||||||
| 13 | Paul; his brother, Jeremiah (Sally); his sister, Marilyn (Tom); | ||||||
| 14 | and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 17 | family and friends, mourn the passing of John L. "Jack" | ||||||
| 18 | Sherwood; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of John Sherwood as an expression of | ||||||
| 21 | our sympathy.
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