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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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