Full Text of SR0627 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Horace Theodore "Ted" Strode of | 4 | | Canton, who passed away on November 16, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ted Strode was born to Oral G. and Marguerite | 6 | | Herring Strode in Canton on January 19, 1932; he attended | 7 | | Canton High School, where he played second baseman and was | 8 | | inducted into the Canton Sports Hall of Fame; he married | 9 | | Martha Coultas at Shields Chapel United Methodist Church in | 10 | | 1954; he served in the U.S. Army, where he was stationed at | 11 | | Fort Sill, Oklahoma; he earned his bachelor's degree and | 12 | | master's degree from Western Illinois University; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ted Strode was a school teacher and principal; he | 14 | | was always proud of the Lincoln and Eastview schools, where he | 15 | | was the opening principal; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Ted Strode was well known for his love of Canton | 17 | | and participated in numerous organizations, including the | 18 | | Friendship Festival Board where he served as president, the | 19 | | Fulton County Tourism Council, the United Way where he served | 20 | | as director, the Canton American Legion, the Masonic Lodge, | 21 | | the YMCA, the Wee-Ma-Tuk Country Club, the Fulton County | 22 | | Board, and the Spoon River Foundation Golf Outing Committee; |
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| 1 | | he also volunteered for the American Cancer Society's Relay | 2 | | for Life and the American Heart Association's Jump for Heart; | 3 | | alongside his wife, he was chosen as a parade marshal of the | 4 | | Friendship Festival in 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ted Strode enjoyed participating in sports as a | 6 | | player, coach, and spectator in a wide range of activities, | 7 | | including jumping rope, track, baseball, basketball, golf, | 8 | | pickleball, and riding a stationary bike at the YMCA; he was a | 9 | | diehard Cubs fan, and he frequently attended Spring Training | 10 | | and multiple Cubs games each year with his wife; he attended 32 | 11 | | Cubs conventions and was a member of the Peoria Cubs Boosters; | 12 | | he currently has his name on a paving brick outside Wrigley | 13 | | Field; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ted Strode was a lifelong member of Shields | 15 | | Chapel United Methodist Church, where he served as a teacher, | 16 | | board member, class officer, mission team member, softball | 17 | | player, and coach; he was deeply committed to his faith, | 18 | | church, and church family; he will be sorely missed by his | 19 | | family, friends, church, and community; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Ted Strode is survived by his wife, Martha; his | 21 | | daughters and their spouses, Gayle (Doug) Strode Blodgett and | 22 | | Megan (Jeff) Strode Taylor; his grandchildren and their | 23 | | families, Carolyn Blodgett, Jolena Trone, Caleb Blodgett, |
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| 1 | | Catherine Blodgett, Griffin Blodgett, Case Blodgett, Brynna | 2 | | Blodgett, Siena Blodgett, Julian Taylor, Alaina Taylor, | 3 | | Lillian Taylor, Sydney Taylor Dole, Ryan Porter, and his | 4 | | namesake Teddy; his chosen grandson, Josh Knowles; his | 5 | | brother-in-law, Bill (Jane) Coultas; his sister-in-law, Nancy | 6 | | Reinertson; his many nieces and nephews; and his friends who | 7 | | became family, Cherrill and Marshall Morgan; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Horace Theodore "Ted" Strode and extend our sincere | 11 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 12 | | him; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Ted Strode as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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