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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Rev. Rollin Gordon Oswald, who passed
4away on November 17, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Rev. Oswald was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to
6Gordon and Myrtle Oswald on June 17, 1925; he graduated from
7Roosevelt Senior High School in 1943 and enlisted in the United
8States Marines during World War II; he transferred to the
9United States Navy V12 program, where he earned a bachelor's
10degree from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster,
11Pennsylvania during his service; upon being discharged, he
12studied at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri,
13completing a Bachelor of Divinity; he married Loraine Jones in
14Cedar Rapids on June 20, 1948, and a year later, he was
15ordained in the Methodist Church; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Rev. Oswald served as the Superintendent for the
17Cedar Rapids School District; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Rev. Oswald and his wife served in churches across
19the state of Iowa, including in St. Ansgar, Little Cedar,
20Dubuque, Mount Vernon, Iowa Falls, and West Des Moines; in
211982, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from
22Simpson College; after retirement in 1988, he continued his

 

 

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1ministry as an associate at St. James United Methodist Church
2and as Chaplain at Meth-Wick Community in Cedar Rapids; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Rev. Oswald was an avid gardener, photographer,
4reader, and strong supporter of education; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Rev. Oswald was preceded in death by his wife,
6Loraine; his brother, Gene Oswald; his sister, Doris West; his
7parents; his parents-in-law, Thomas and Mabel Jones; and his
8sister-in-law, Patricia Jones; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Rev. Oswald is survived by his sons, Mark (Jo)
10Gordon, and Peter (Maureen) Thomas; his daughters, Deborah (Ed)
11Jones Tierney, and Rebekah Ann (Bob) Lane; his brother-in-law,
12Thomas Marion (Joyce) Jones Jr.; his grandchildren, Anne (Mark)
13Dysinger, Elizabeth (Alex) Pinnell, Amanda Oswald, Jessica
14(Jason) Davis, Peter (Brogan) Oswald II, Samuel Oswald, Jacob
15(Amanda) Steward, Jill (Tim) Henninger, Kate (Ross) Huff,
16Patrick Tierney, Allison Lane, and Ryan Lane; his
17great-grandchildren, Olivia and Benjamin Pinnell, Lucy
18Dysinger, Piper, Max, and Remy Davis, Carter Zilm, Charlee
19Steward, Kasten Henninger, and Rhett and Reid Huff; therefore,
20be it
 
21    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
22ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

 

 

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1Rev. Rollin Gordon Oswald, and extend our sincere condolences
2to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be
3it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5presented to the family of Rev. Oswald as an expression of our
6deepest sympathy.