Full Text of SR2147 100th 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 John C. Wood of Northbrook, who passed | 4 | | away on October 27, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Wood was born in Rensselaer, Indiana on June | 6 | | 9, 1920; he graduated from St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, | 7 | | where he earned a degree in accounting; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Wood retired from the Allstate Insurance | 9 | | Company as Assistant Controller in 1981 after 31 years of | 10 | | service; prior to working at Allstate, he was employed by | 11 | | Arthur Anderson in the Chicago Office; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, John Wood was active in many civic and charitable | 13 | | activities; he was a member of the Northbrook Chamber of | 14 | | Commerce, where he served as a member of the board of | 15 | | directors; he was also a board member and served as treasurer | 16 | | of the North Suburban YMCA for over 25 years; he participated | 17 | | in the fund drive for the YMCA building and was president for | 18 | | one year; he was selected by the Northbrook Village President | 19 | | as the Northbrook Senior Citizen of the Year in 1996; he was a | 20 | | member of the American Cancer Society and served as chairman of | 21 | | the Northbrook Cancer Society golf outing for three years; for | 22 | | ten years, he organized an intergenerational golf tournament |
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| 1 | | that featured Glenbrook North High School's varsity golf team | 2 | | and the senior citizens of Northbrook; he also served two terms | 3 | | as commissioner and one year as president of the Northbrook | 4 | | Park District; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Wood was a member of Our Lady of the Brook | 6 | | Catholic Church and also served as their business manager for | 7 | | 15 years; in his spare time, he enjoyed golfing, traveling, and | 8 | | investing; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, John Wood was the beloved husband of 60 years of | 10 | | the late Mae (Carton) Wood, the loving father of John S. | 11 | | (Cynthia) Wood, the cherished grandfather of Annie and Michael | 12 | | Wood, the dear brother of Jan (the late John) Schlereth and | 13 | | Joseph (Madalyn) Wood, and the fond uncle of many nieces and | 14 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | John C. Wood and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 18 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of John Wood as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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