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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Herbert Wood of Port Byron; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Herbert Wood was born in Tipperary, Iowa on August  
58, 1922; he lost his mother when he was less than a year old and 
6was  cared for by his grandparents until becoming the son of  
7Vaniellia and Fagan Wood and moving to Bend, Oregon; he 
8graduated from Bend High School; when World War II broke out, 
9he enlisted in the United States Navy and became a  fighter 
10pilot, flying a Grumman Hellcat off the USS Yorktown, VF88 over 
11Japan; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Herbert Wood worked as an international account 
13manager for AT&T, representing the John Deere Communications 
14Division; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Herbert Wood had a love of flying; he was a member 
16of the Quiet Birdmen and started the Quad Cities Air Show with 
17Dwayne Evans in the 1960s; he was an avid hunter, competitive 
18skeet shooter, field trail participant, and pool shark; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Community service involvement was important to 
20Herb Wood; he served with the Lions Club, the Oak Grove 
21Community Center, the Arrowhead Ranch, and Youth at Risk; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Herbert Wood was preceded in death by his wife, 
2Rose; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Herbert Wood is survived by his children, Melanie 
4Wood, John (Nancy) Wood, and MaryBeth Wood; four grandchildren; 
5six great-grandchildren; and his special friends, Dan Murphy, 
6Doug Carlstrom, and Anita Evans; therefore, be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
9Herbert Wood, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, 
10friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
  
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
12presented to  the family of  Herbert Wood as an expression of our 
13deepest sympathy.