Full Text of SR0250 100th 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 Millard R. "Red" Rakestraw, formerly of | 4 | | McHenry, who passed away on February 13, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Millard Rakestraw was born in Mineral to Millard | 6 | | F. and Minnie Rakestraw on January 25, 1929; he married Ruth A. | 7 | | Lamer on February 10, 1951; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Millard Rakestraw worked initially as a farmer and | 9 | | then as a mechanic; farmers entering tractor pull competitions | 10 | | will remember him as the mechanic to hire to get the most out | 11 | | of their tractors; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Millard Rakestraw and his wife moved to Stanford, | 13 | | Kentucky in July of 2011; he was a member of St. William | 14 | | Catholic Church in Lancaster, Kentucky; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Millard Rakestraw was preceded in death by his | 16 | | parents; his brothers, Donald and Dale; his sisters, Katherine | 17 | | and Frances; and his son-in-law, Fred Schmidtgall; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Millard Rakestraw is survived by his wife of 66 | 19 | | years, Ruth; his son, Michael Rakestraw; his daughters, Peggy | 20 | | (Paul) Waldoch, and Patricia Schmidtgall; his grandchildren, |
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| 1 | | Michael (Kelsey), Paul and Luke Rakestraw, Melissa (Kyle) | 2 | | Snelten, Nicole Waldoch, Rebecca (Steve) Smith, and Lisa | 3 | | (Jerald) Donegan; his great-grandchildren, Kaleb, JJ, Fiona, | 4 | | Jeremiah, Katie Marie, and the much anticipated, Cora Isabella | 5 | | Smith, and Baby Rakestraw; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Millard R. "Red" Rakestraw, and extend our sincere condolences | 9 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 10 | | it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Millard Rakestraw as an expression | 13 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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