Full Text of SR2171 99th 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 Richard G. Nelson of Colona, who passed | 4 | | away on April 9, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Nelson was born in Rock Island to Oscar | 6 | | and Lillie M. (Heflin) Nelson on May 22, 1925; he served in the | 7 | | United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II; he | 8 | | married Dorothy Daniels in Princeton on January 31, 1953; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Richard Nelson worked for 35 years as an inspector | 10 | | for John Deere Harvester; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Richard Nelson was a member of Green River United | 12 | | Methodist Church; he was a former President of the Lions Club | 13 | | of Colona and a former 4th Ward alderman in Colona; he had a | 14 | | passion for race horses, which he raced locally and in Chicago; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Richard Nelson was preceded in death by his | 17 | | parents; his sister, Fanchon Knaack; his twin brother in | 18 | | infancy, Robert Nelson; and his brother, Michael Nelson; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Richard Nelson is survived by his wife of 63 | 20 | | years, Dorothy; his children, Diane Baird, Dayle (Gary) |
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| 1 | | Sullivan, Dawn (Tom) Jatczak, and Daniel Nelson; five | 2 | | grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; his sister, Mercedes | 3 | | Perry; his sister-in-law, Marilyn Nelson; and his | 4 | | brother-in-law, John Knaack; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Richard G. Nelson, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 8 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Richard Nelson as an expression of | 12 | | our deepest sympathy.
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