Full Text of SR0357 97th 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 Clyde H. Wiseman, Jr. of Godfrey, who | 4 | | passed away on September 9, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born July 6, 1923, in Clarksburg, West | 6 | | Virginia and spent most of his life in and around Alton; he | 7 | | attended public schools and Shurtleff College in Alton and | 8 | | graduated from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1948, he became a member of the original | 11 | | announcing staff at Radio Station, WOKZ Alton, where he worked | 12 | | 17 years, best known as the station's news director; in a 1959 | 13 | | citywide election, he won a seat on Alton's City Council and 6 | 14 | | years later was elected Mayor; after leaving the mayor's office | 15 | | he was selected to represent the Illinois Department of | 16 | | Business and Economic Development in the St. Louis Metropolitan | 17 | | Area; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1974, he assumed leadership of the Wood River | 19 | | Township Chamber of Commerce and was chairman of the | 20 | | Transportation Task Force of the East-West Gateway | 21 | | Coordinating Council in St. Louis; in 1976, he was named | 22 | | Director of Urban Affairs at the St. Louis Regional Commerce |
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| 1 | | and Growth Association, where he retired in 1988; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Clyde and Edith Delphene Wilson were married in | 3 | | 1948
and she preceded him in death; he later married Jacqueline | 4 | | Hirlinger; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church | 6 | | USA and a coordinator in the Lay Witness Movement of the United | 7 | | Methodist Church; he organized the Alton Area Presbyterian Men | 8 | | and established the Christian Men's Council; he was a member of | 9 | | the Masonic Fraternity, Scottish Rite Bodies, and Shrine; he | 10 | | was recipient of the Chevalier and Legion of Honor Degrees from | 11 | | the International Order of De Molay; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Clyde Wiseman, Jr. is survived by his daughter, | 13 | | Susan J. Turley; his son, Clyde; his wife, Jacqueline D. | 14 | | Hirlinger; his stepchildren, Kenneth and Christopher Hirlinger | 15 | | and Susan Elliott; his grandchildren; his great-grandchildren; | 16 | | and his step-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 19 | | his family and friends, the passing of Clyde H. Wiseman, Jr.; | 20 | | and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Clyde H. Wiseman, Jr. as a symbol of | 2 | | our sincere sympathy.
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