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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  saddened  to  learn of the death of Robert E.
 4    Woods of Carlinville on Saturday, May 10, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Robert E. Woods was born on November 26, 1926 in
 6    Chesterfield, the son of George and Myrtle Bullard Woods;  he
 7    married Rosemary Noel in 1968 in Carlinville; and

 8        WHEREAS, Mr. Woods graduated from Carlinville High School
 9    in 1944 and attended a technical school for two years; he was
10    a  U.S.  Army veteran of World War II, serving as a sergeant,
11    and a partner and operator of Woods-Palsen TV  and  Appliance
12    in Carlinville for more than 40 years, retiring in 1989; and

13        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Woods was a past member of the Carlinville
14    Volunteer Fire Department where he served for 31 years,  past
15    exalted   ruler  of  BPOE  1412;  and  a  charter  member  of
16    Carlinville Country Club;  he was a member of American Legion
17    Guy Baird Post 554, John L. Meyer VFW Post  1104,  and  Moose
18    Lodge 6460; and

19        WHEREAS,  The  passing of Robert E. Woods has been deeply
20    felt by all who knew him, especially his wife, Rosemary;  his
21    daughters,  Lenna  (husband, Gary) Phillips, Connie (husband,
22    Dennis) Schwartz, and Michele (husband, Michael)  Stephenson;
23    his  stepdaughters,  Vicki  Lynn  (husband, Rick) Elliott and
24    Cindy Bush; his grandchildren; his stepgrandchildren; and his
25    step-great-grandchildren; therefore, be it

26        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
27    ASSEMBLY  OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
28    of Robert E.  Woods  and  express  our  sincere  and  deepest
29    sympathy to his family and friends; and be it further

30        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
31    presented to the family of Robert E. Woods as  an  expression
 
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 1    of our condolences during their time of bereavement.