Bill Text: IL SR1299 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Quint L. Sherwood of Champaign.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1299 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1299-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 Quint L. Sherwood of Champaign, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on November 12, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood was born on November 22, 1928 in | ||||||
| 6 | Canton; his parents were Clarence and Mary Smith Sherwood; he | ||||||
| 7 | married Arlene Sherwood on June 29, 1986 in Champaign; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood served in the United States Air | ||||||
| 9 | Force for 4 years during the Korean Conflict, with one year at | ||||||
| 10 | Thule Air Force Base in Greenland above the Arctic Circle; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood served as a journeyman electrician | ||||||
| 12 | and an electronic technician for 50 years for many companies, | ||||||
| 13 | including the Ohio barge lines' Illinois River division in the | ||||||
| 14 | late 1940s; he was the owner and operator of Electrical | ||||||
| 15 | Technician Service in Rantoul into the mid-1960s; he was an | ||||||
| 16 | engineering technician for the C.S. Johnson Company in | ||||||
| 17 | Champaign and traveled around the world during the 1970s | ||||||
| 18 | installing mass-pour concrete plants for highway and dam | ||||||
| 19 | projects; he also worked as a maintenance electrician for | ||||||
| 20 | General Motors for many years until his retirement in 1986; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood was a lifelong member of the First | ||||||
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| 1 | Baptist Church of Champaign in Savoy; he was also a member of | ||||||
| 2 | the Champaign Radio Control Club, International Toastmasters, | ||||||
| 3 | and the Boy Scouts of America's Northern District Arrow Head | ||||||
| 4 | Council, where he served as district chairman in the early | ||||||
| 5 | 1960s; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood enjoyed hunting, bowling, golf, | ||||||
| 7 | building and flying radio-controlled airplanes, and spending | ||||||
| 8 | time at Panera Bread with his friends; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
| 10 | Arlene, and his half-brother, Harold Nibbling; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Quint Sherwood is survived by his sons, Lou (Sue) | ||||||
| 12 | Sherwood and Don Sherwood; his daughter, Donna (David) | ||||||
| 13 | Sherwood-Jackson; his grandchildren, Lee (Ashley) Sherwood, | ||||||
| 14 | Devin (Leann) Goldenstein, and Laurel (Anthonie) | ||||||
| 15 | Hartman-Johnson; and his 3 great-grandchildren; therefore, be | ||||||
| 16 | it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 19 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Quint L. Sherwood; and | ||||||
| 20 | be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to the family of Quint Sherwood as an expression of | ||||||
| 2 | our sympathy.
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