Full Text of SR0800 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 Richard "Dick" Locher of Naperville, who | 4 | | passed away on August 6, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Locher was born in Dubuque, Iowa to Joseph | 6 | | J. D.D.S. and Lucille (Jungk) Locher on June 4, 1929; he | 7 | | studied at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, the University of | 8 | | Iowa, and the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, | 9 | | California; he graduated with honors from The Chicago Academy | 10 | | of Fine Arts; he served two years on active duty with the | 11 | | United States Air Force during the Korean War, followed by | 12 | | another 18 years in the Air Force Reserve; he was honorably | 13 | | discharged as a captain; he married Mary Cosgrove at St. Mary's | 14 | | Catholic Church in Dubuque on June 15, 1957; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Richard Locher began his career as a commercial | 16 | | artist in Chicago; he founded and was president of Novamark, an | 17 | | art studio in Oak Brook; in 1973, he became a political | 18 | | cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune/Tribune Media Services, and | 19 | | his nationally-syndicated, award-winning cartoons covered | 20 | | national and local political events; he won the Pulitzer Prize | 21 | | for Editorial Cartooning in 1983 for work that weighed in on | 22 | | home computers, The Middle East, and on President Ronald | 23 | | Reagan, with whom he once dined in the Oval Office; for over 30 |
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| 1 | | years, he was also the artist behind the Dick Tracy comic strip | 2 | | created by Chester Gould; eventually, he worked as both artist | 3 | | and writer for the comic; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Richard Locher served on the board of trustees for | 5 | | Benedictine University in Lisle and received honorary | 6 | | doctorates from both Loras College and Benedictine University; | 7 | | he also won numerous awards, including the FBI National Academy | 8 | | Associates of Illinois Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award, | 9 | | the National Cartoonist Society Silver T-Square Award, The | 10 | | Peter Lisagor Award, the U.S. Industrial Council's Dragon | 11 | | Slayer Award, and the Overseas Press Club - Thomas Nast Award; | 12 | | and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Richard Locher was a painter and sculptor; he | 14 | | designed the model for the nearly 9-foot-tall statue of Dick | 15 | | Tracy erected in Naperville and also helped select its | 16 | | Riverwalk location; he designed a sculpture of Naperville | 17 | | founder, Joseph Naper, which stands at the site of Naper's | 18 | | homestead; he also designed the Land of Lincoln Trophy, modeled | 19 | | after Abraham Lincoln's hat, which has been awarded each year | 20 | | since 2009 to the winner of the college football game between | 21 | | Northwestern University and the University of Illinois; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Richard Locher was a devoted father, grandfather, | 23 | | and great-grandfather; it was common to find the grandkids |
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| 1 | | sitting on his lap in front of his drawing board "helping" Papa | 2 | | draw; he also cherished his time with family and friends in the | 3 | | Boundary Waters Canoe Area, watching the sunsets, telling | 4 | | campfire stories, and listening to the loons; a Nut Goodie | 5 | | candy bar always seemed to be within his reach on these trips; | 6 | | he was most happy, though, when sharing stories and tales of | 7 | | his life; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Richard Locher and Mary had been members of Saints | 9 | | Peter & Paul Catholic Church since 1969; they were also | 10 | | founding members of the St. Thomas the Apostle Church, where | 11 | | Richard served on the building committee; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Richard Locher was preceded in death by his son, | 13 | | John Locher; his parents; his brother, Joseph C. Locher D.D.S.; | 14 | | his sister-in-law, Joan Monica Locher; his brother-in-law, | 15 | | Thomas Cosgrove; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Richard Locher is survived by his wife of 60 | 17 | | years, Mary; his son, Stephen (Sandra) Locher M.D.; his | 18 | | daughter, Jana (Terry) Evans; his grandchildren, Michael, | 19 | | Alex, and Julianne Locher and Stephenie and Mary Ritter; and | 20 | | his great-grandson, Matthew Drury; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Richard E. "Dick" Locher, and extend our sincere condolences to | 2 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Richard Locher as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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