Bill Text: IL SR2125 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of David Webster of Geneva.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR2125 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2125-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 David Webster of Geneva, who passed away | ||||||
| 4 | on July 10, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, David Webster was born on January 5, 1941 in | ||||||
| 6 | Boston, Massachusetts; his parents were David and Kathleen | ||||||
| 7 | Webster; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, David Webster graduated from Boston English High | ||||||
| 9 | School in 1958; he earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of | ||||||
| 10 | Science in Physiology from Boston University; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, David Webster served in the United States Marine | ||||||
| 12 | Corps from 1958 to 1963; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, David Webster played first singles tennis at | ||||||
| 14 | Boston University from 1959 to 1962; he played in the Junior | ||||||
| 15 | Davis Cup second singles and was in a round of 16 finalists at | ||||||
| 16 | the Junior Wimbledon in England in 1960; he was a U.S. Open | ||||||
| 17 | qualifier in 1962 and competed in gymnastics at Boston | ||||||
| 18 | University; he was the all-around winner at the New England | ||||||
| 19 | Gymnastics Championships in 1961 and a NCAA finalist in 1961; | ||||||
| 20 | in 1962, he was named a Modern Gymnast Magazine All-American; | ||||||
| 21 | after college, he served as the strength coach for the Boston | ||||||
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| 1 | Patriots; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, After moving to Glen Ellyn, David Webster coached | ||||||
| 3 | and taught at the College of DuPage from 1969 to 1999; he | ||||||
| 4 | served as the men's and women's tennis and gymnastics coach, | ||||||
| 5 | assistant football coach, assistant and head hockey coach, | ||||||
| 6 | interim athletic director, and kinesiology professor; he | ||||||
| 7 | inspired generations of student athletes and his tennis teams | ||||||
| 8 | were nationally ranked in the NJCAA Top 12 seven times; he had | ||||||
| 9 | 128 State champions in both singles and doubles and over 20 | ||||||
| 10 | All-Americans; as the College of DuPage gymnastics coach, he | ||||||
| 11 | had 60 national medalists, 300 lifetime wins, and 30 National | ||||||
| 12 | Champions and All-Americans in 14 years; he was an | ||||||
| 13 | International Gymnastics Judge, having judged the Olympic | ||||||
| 14 | trials in 1968 and 1972; he was inducted into the Gymnastics | ||||||
| 15 | Hall of Fame in 1989; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, David Webster was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
| 17 | and his sisters, Marion and Donna; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, David Webster is survived by his wife of 36 years, | ||||||
| 19 | Barbara Webster; his children, Pamela (Ray) Webster | ||||||
| 20 | Richardson, Allison (Andy) Webster Stromberg, Elizabeth | ||||||
| 21 | (Christoph) Groth, and Andrew (Purani) Webster; and his | ||||||
| 22 | grandchildren, Marena and Nalin Richardson, Isabelle and Tess | ||||||
| 23 | Stromberg, and Maximillian Groth; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 3 | family and friends, mourn the passing of David Webster; and be | ||||||
| 4 | it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the family of David Webster as an expression of | ||||||
| 7 | our sympathy.
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