Full Text of SR0614 101st 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 Leon Mudd of Moline, who passed away on | 4 | | August 5, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Leon Mudd was born in Millwood, Missouri to Olin | 6 | | and Mary (Miller) Mudd on April 27, 1928; he married Elaine | 7 | | Marie Gustafson at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Moline on | 8 | | April 3, 1951 and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean | 9 | | War; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Leon Mudd started a career in sheet metal work at | 11 | | Crawford Heating and Cooling in Rock Island; he later worked as | 12 | | a pipefitter at John Deere Davenport Works, retiring in May | 13 | | 1992; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Leon Mudd was a jack-of-all-trades, and he could | 15 | | build just about anything and everything; he enjoyed fishing | 16 | | and meeting up with friends for coffee; he owned a restored | 17 | | Ford 8N Tractor; he loved to help others, and everyone loved | 18 | | his sense of humor; he was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church | 19 | | in Moline; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Leon Mudd was preceded in death by his parents; | 21 | | his stepmother, Ruby Schuck-Mudd; his brothers, Herman, Cal, |
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| 1 | | and Pete Mudd; and his sisters, Bernice Dwyer, Jeanette | 2 | | Johnson, Mary Agnes Wells, and Rita Ashton; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Leon Mudd is survived by his wife of 68 years, | 4 | | Elaine; his children, Brenda Ellsworth and Diane (Terry) | 5 | | Snipes; his grandchildren, Jeff (Tracee) Ellsworth, Elizabeth | 6 | | (Chet) DeSmet, Greg (Lindsay) Snipes, and Stephanie (Ben) | 7 | | Dasso; his great-grandchildren, Emily Soricelli, Evan | 8 | | Soricelli, Connor Ellsworth, Ashlyn DeSmet, and Audrey Snipes; | 9 | | his sister, Olean Rohr; his brother, Earl Schuck; and many | 10 | | nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Leon Mudd and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 14 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Leon Mudd as an expression of our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
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