Full Text of SR1920 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 A. "Dick" Puder, Sr. of Silvis, | 4 | | who passed away on May 19, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Puder, Sr. was born on October 17, 1941 in | 6 | | Martinsburg, Iowa; his parents were Everard and W. Olive Meeker | 7 | | Puder; he married Sandra Detwiler on June 28, 1969 in Rock | 8 | | Island County; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Richard Puder, Sr. attended school in Martinsburg | 10 | | and What Cheer, Iowa; he enlisted in the United States Army in | 11 | | 1959 and served as a tank commander in the 14th Armored Cavalry | 12 | | Regiment in Bad Hersfeld, Germany, on the East German/West | 13 | | German border until 1962, when he was honorably discharged; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1965, Richard Puder, Sr. moved to Silvis and | 15 | | began working for the John Deere Plow Planter Works in Moline; | 16 | | he worked in the Inspection and Cylinder Testing and | 17 | | Development Department for 35 years until his retirement in | 18 | | January of 2000; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Richard Puder, Sr. was active in the Tri-City | 20 | | Motorcycle Club, racing motocross and enduro on the national | 21 | | circuit from 1965 to 1978 and as an AMA District 17 referee |
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| 1 | | from 1976 to 1980; he was a lifelong outdoorsman and loved | 2 | | adventure; he spent as much time as he could canoeing, | 3 | | backpacking, cycling, and mountaineering in remote wilderness | 4 | | areas; he was active in the YMCA Indian Guides and | 5 | | Trailblazers, Saukenuk Paddlers Canoe Club, Iowa Mountaineers, | 6 | | Quad City Bicycle Club, and as a leader in the Illowa Council | 7 | | Boy Scouts of America and Order of the Arrow; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Richard Puder, Sr. was preceded in death by his | 9 | | parents; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Richard Puder, Sr. is survived by his wife of 46 | 11 | | years, Sandra; his son, Richard (Meridith) Puder, Jr.; his | 12 | | daughter, Kat (Timothy) Johnson; and his grandson, Jonathan; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 16 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Richard A. "Dick" | 17 | | Puder, Sr.; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Richard Puder, Sr. as an expression | 20 | | of our sympathy.
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