Full Text of SR2218 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of David Root of Sherman, who passed away on | 4 | | September 7, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, David Root was born in DeKalb to James and Beverly | 6 | | Root on February 23, 1974; he graduated from Hampshire High | 7 | | School in 1992; he earned his bachelor's degree from Western | 8 | | Illinois University in 1997 and his master's degree from the | 9 | | University of Illinois at Springfield; he attained his | 10 | | Superintendent Endorsement from Illinois State University; he | 11 | | married Julie Smith in Decatur on August 5, 2000; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, David Root served as Superintendent of the | 13 | | Williamsville-Sherman School District since 2007; he worked as | 14 | | an administrator in the Greenview and Athens School Districts | 15 | | from 2002 through 2007; he taught and coached in Williamsville | 16 | | prior to his administrative service; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, David Root received the University of Illinois at | 18 | | Springfield Administrators' Round Table Citation for | 19 | | Distinguished Professional Service (2009-2010), where he | 20 | | served as President; in 2015, he was awarded Superintendent of | 21 | | Distinction from the Illinois Association of School | 22 | | Administrators Abe Lincoln Region and the Superintendent of the |
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| 1 | | Year from Horace Mann; he was honored with an Award of | 2 | | Excellence from the Villages of Sherman and Williamsville in | 3 | | 2015; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, David Root was a dedicated family man and enjoyed | 5 | | watching his children participate in their activities; he was a | 6 | | talented musician and athlete and had the unique ability to be | 7 | | the funniest person in the room; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, David Root was preceded in death by his father, | 9 | | James Root; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, David Root is survived by his wife, Julie; his | 11 | | children, Mia and Dalton; his mother, Beverly; his brother, | 12 | | Darren (Kim) Root; his sisters, Dawn (Steve) McGrath, Darla | 13 | | (Hank) Gunn, Debbie (Deron) Rueff, and Dyan Lausas; his father | 14 | | and mother-in-law, David and Susan Smith; his sisters-in-law, | 15 | | Janet Smith, Jennifer (Andy) Smith-Multerer, and Colleen | 16 | | Smith; his brother-in-law, Kevin (Sara) Smith; and his nieces | 17 | | and nephews, Carson and Morgan Root, Chris and Nick McGrath, | 18 | | Kevin, Kyle, Kelly, and Katie McCarthy, Mitchel and Elaina | 19 | | Gunn, Jackson, Taylor, and Grant Rueff, Brittney Lausas, and | 20 | | Ethan and Max Smith; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | David Root, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 2 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of David Root as an expression of our | 5 | | deepest sympathy.
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