Full Text of HR0762 93rd General Assembly
HR0762 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Robert | 4 |
| J. "Pud" Williams; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Williams was born on June 21, 1926 in | 6 |
| Centerville to Robert P. Williams and Mamie O. (Vaught) | 7 |
| Williams; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended high school in Carmi and went to | 9 |
| college at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and | 10 |
| Southeast Missouri State in Cape Girardeau, Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams served in the United States Navy | 12 |
| Seabees and served in Japan during World War II; he married | 13 |
| Dorothy Givens in 1952; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was the Illinois Director of | 15 |
| Agriculture from 1972-1976; during his service, he reduced the | 16 |
| Department from 11 operating departments to 4 and eliminated | 17 |
| duplication of services and saved man-hours, dollars, and | 18 |
| created improved efficiency; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked with handicapped through his wife | 20 |
| Dorothy and Roberta Walker to make the State Fairgrounds | 21 |
| handicap accessible and was also instrumental in opening a 24 | 22 |
| hour diagnostic lab at the University of Illinois to be open | 23 |
| 365 days a year; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, He served as Burnt Prairie Township Supervisor in | 25 |
| White County from 1958 to 1972; in addition, he served on the | 26 |
| Board of Supervisors for White County and was Chairman of the | 27 |
| Board at one time; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was instrumental in obtaining the |
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| Centerville blacktop to provide rural people easy access to | 2 |
| Carmi; he was on the Wabash Valley Interstate Commission which | 3 |
| promoted traffic between Indiana and Illinois on the Wabash | 4 |
| River; he also served on the Egyptian Health Department Board; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was an entrepreneur and founded and | 7 |
| owned Pundrake Petroleum Products in Carmi; he also owned and | 8 |
| operated Pud Williams Farms in White County and Williams Grain | 9 |
| Co. in Golden Gate; in addition, he developed IAP, Illinois | 10 |
| Agriculture Product Trademark, a tool designed to promote and | 11 |
| develop markets from Illinois Agriculture; with its logo it | 12 |
| gives identity to the State's leading industry which is | 13 |
| Agriculture; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Robert J. "Pud" Williams will be | 15 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Dorothy; his daughter | 16 |
| and son-in-law, Nancy and Ray Mitchell; his son and | 17 |
| daughter-in-law, Kevin and Eileen Norton-Williams; his two | 18 |
| granddaughters, Katherine Grace and Caroline Rose | 19 |
| Norton-Williams; and his brother and sister-in-law, Larry and | 20 |
| Judy Williams; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 23 |
| mourn the passing of Robert J. "Pud" Williams along with all | 24 |
| who knew and loved him and extend our sincere condolences to | 25 |
| his family and friends; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 27 |
| presented to the family of Robert J. "Pud" Williams as an | 28 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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