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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Richard G. Nelson of Colona, who passed
4away on April 9, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Richard Nelson was born in Rock Island to Oscar
6and Lillie M. (Heflin) Nelson on May 22, 1925; he served in the
7United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II; he
8married Dorothy Daniels in Princeton on January 31, 1953; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Richard Nelson worked for 35 years as an inspector
10for John Deere Harvester; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Richard Nelson was a member of Green River United
12Methodist Church; he was a former President of the Lions Club
13of Colona and a former 4th Ward alderman in Colona; he had a
14passion for race horses, which he raced locally and in Chicago;
15and
 
16    WHEREAS, Richard Nelson was preceded in death by his
17parents; his sister, Fanchon Knaack; his twin brother in
18infancy, Robert Nelson; and his brother, Michael Nelson; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Richard Nelson is survived by his wife of 63
20years, Dorothy; his children, Diane Baird, Dayle (Gary)

 

 

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1Sullivan, Dawn (Tom) Jatczak, and Daniel Nelson; five
2grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; his sister, Mercedes
3Perry; his sister-in-law, Marilyn Nelson; and his
4brother-in-law, John Knaack; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
7Richard G. Nelson, and extend our sincere condolences to his
8family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
9further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to the family of Richard Nelson as an expression of
12our deepest sympathy.