Full Text of SR1079 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 Dr. Robert D. Webb of Mattoon, who passed | 4 | | away on October 5, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Webb was born in Waggoner on April 1, 1928 to | 6 | | Walter and Juanita Webb; he received his Bachelor of Science | 7 | | from Illinois State University and his Master of Administration | 8 | | and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois; he married Lourdine | 9 | | Armitage on June 17, 1950 at Blessed Sacrament Church in | 10 | | Springfield; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Webb began his educational career as an | 12 | | administrator in Harvel and Raymond, becoming Superintendent | 13 | | of Schools for the Shelbyville School District and the | 14 | | Panhandle School District; he was one of the founders of Lake | 15 | | Land College in Mattoon, serving as Vice-President from 1967 to | 16 | | 1972 and as President from 1979 to 1984; he served as | 17 | | Vice-President and Chairman of the Board for Johnston Super | 18 | | Markets, Inc. in Shelbyville from 1984 to 2000; most recently, | 19 | | he was Vice-Chairman of the Eastern Illinois University Board | 20 | | of Trustees; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Webb was an avid runner, golfer, painter, | 22 | | master gardener, and community leader; he served as Chairman |
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| 1 | | and a member of the Coles County Board, Chairman of the Coles | 2 | | County Democratic Party, President of the Mattoon Chamber of | 3 | | Commerce, founding member and Chairman of the East Central | 4 | | Illinois Development Commission, a member of the Sarah Bush | 5 | | Lincoln Health Center Board, a member of the Coles Together | 6 | | Board, and a member and past President of the Shelbyville and | 7 | | Mattoon Rotary clubs; in 2005, he and his wife were selected as | 8 | | International Scholars by Rotary International; together they | 9 | | went to Thailand, where he served as a visiting professor at | 10 | | the University of Chiang Mai; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Webb was preceded in death by his parents and | 12 | | his brothers, Roger and Don; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Webb is survived by his wife, Lourdine; his | 14 | | children, Linda Culberson and Robert, Jr.; his 4 | 15 | | granddaughters, Elizabeth (Alan) Pickerill, Melissa (Jack) | 16 | | Peavler, Antonia Webb, and Alexandra Webb; his 3 | 17 | | great-grandchildren, Katherine and Jack Pickerill and Ryne | 18 | | Peavler; and his brothers, Bruce and Lynn; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Dr. Robert D. Webb, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 22 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 23 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Dr. Webb as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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