Bill Text: IL SR1716 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Langdon Longwell of Oak Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1716 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1716-Introduced.html
| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
| ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Langdon "Red" Longwell of Oak Park, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on October 5, 2014; and
| ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Langdon Longwell was born in Oak Park on October | ||||||
| 6 | 13, 1930 to Langdon and Madeline (nee Bentley) Longwell; he | ||||||
| 7 | graduated from York Community High School in Elmhurst in 1948 | ||||||
| 8 | and attended DePaul University; he served 6 years as a petty | ||||||
| 9 | officer in the United States Navy during the Korean War; he | ||||||
| 10 | married Llyn Forrest in March of 1962; and
| ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Langdon Longwell returned to Chicago following | ||||||
| 12 | his time in the service and he began a career in industrial | ||||||
| 13 | plastics; and
| ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Langdon Longwell was a founding member of the | ||||||
| 15 | Lakeshore Ski and Sports Club in Chicago; he was a former board | ||||||
| 16 | member of Oak-Leyden Developmental Services and a former | ||||||
| 17 | commissioner of the Park District of Oak Park; he was a member | ||||||
| 18 | of the "Old Bulls" men's book club and attended a book club | ||||||
| 19 | with his wife for 30 years; he was also a member of the | ||||||
| 20 | original 4th of July fireworks committee in Oak Park; he | ||||||
| 21 | enjoyed playing handball, playing for over 40 years; and
| ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | WHEREAS, Langdon Longwell was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 2 | parents; and
| ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Langdon Longwell is survived by his wife, Llyn | ||||||
| 4 | Longwell; his children, Jordan (Amanda) Longwell and Dana | ||||||
| 5 | (Brian) Morrow; his grandchildren, Jackson, Alexa, and | ||||||
| 6 | Victoria Longwell, and Holland and Conor Morrow; his sister, | ||||||
| 7 | Corinne (Steven) Pombert; and his sister-in-law, Lee (Neal) | ||||||
| 8 | Kottke; therefore, be it
| ||||||
| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 11 | Langdon "Red" Longwell, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 12 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
| ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Langdon Longwell as an expression of | ||||||
| 16 | our deepest sympathy.
| ||||||
