Full Text of HR0217 94th General Assembly
HR0217 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Well-known area farmer and businessman Richard R. | 3 |
| Rubenacker of McLeansboro passed away February 23, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Rubenacker was born June 28, 1934, in Belle | 5 |
| Prairie City to Rudolph and Emma (Kiefer) Rubenacker; he | 6 |
| married Margarette J. (Jody) Biggerstaff on November 22, 1956; | 7 |
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| WHEREAS, His family operates a grain farm in the Hamilton | 9 |
| County area; they are also the owners of Hamilton County | 10 |
| Equipment in McLeansboro and White County Equipment in Carmi, | 11 |
| the area Case IH dealerships; and
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| WHEREAS, Well-known as an area entertainer and fiddle | 13 |
| player, Mr. Rubenacker was an original member of Country Kin in | 14 |
| the 1970s; in later years, he enjoyed performing at charitable | 15 |
| functions and community activities, along with his | 16 |
| brother-in-law, Leo Aydt; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1983, he was named Master Farmer of the Year by | 18 |
| Prairie Farmer Magazine and has been featured in various other | 19 |
| farm publications; and
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| WHEREAS, He served on numerous boards and committees, | 21 |
| including the Peoples National Bank Board of Directors, Rend | 22 |
| Lake College Foundation Board, Rend Lake College Agricultural | 23 |
| Advisory Board, Hamilton County Unit 10 School Board, Hamilton | 24 |
| County Board of Supervisors, Southeastern Illinois Planning | 25 |
| Commission, Dahlgren Township Supervisor, Wayne-White Counties | 26 |
| Electric Cooperative Board, Federal Land Bank Board, Farmers | 27 |
| Home Administration Board, and Hamilton County Soil and Water | 28 |
| Conservation Board; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic |
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| Church in Piopolis and a member of the St. Isadore Council | 2 |
| Knights of Columbus; and
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| WHEREAS, The greatest loves of his life were his wife, his | 4 |
| family, farming, and entertaining; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and | 6 |
| brothers-in-law, Lawrence Dolan, John "Gene" Rubenacker, and | 7 |
| John Kreher; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Richard R. Rubenacker is felt by | 9 |
| all who knew and loved him, especially his wife of 48 years, | 10 |
| Jody; his sons, Randy and wife Debbie (Rapp), Rodney and wife | 11 |
| Carmin (Hunt), and Terry and wife Stacy (Myers); his | 12 |
| grandchildren, Ricky, Rachel, Robert, Adam and Megan | 13 |
| Rubenacker, and Lucendia Adams; and his sisters, Bernice Dolan, | 14 |
| Virginia Rubenacker, and Alice Kreher; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 |
| we mourn the passing of Richard R. Rubenacker and extend our | 18 |
| heartfelt condolences to his family; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 21 |
| sympathy.
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