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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of David Grant Brasmer of Rock Island, who |
4 | | passed away on April 21, 2017; and |
5 | | WHEREAS, David Brasmer was born in Galesburg to Hobart L. |
6 | | and Edith P. Miner Babbitt on April 23, 1922; Hobart Babbitt |
7 | | was killed in a railroad yard accident that same year; he |
8 | | became the son of Henry Brasmer in 1930 and Henry was the only |
9 | | father he knew and dearly loved;
he served in the United States |
10 | | Navy during World War II and married Dorothy Flodeen on May 17, |
11 | | 1946; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, David Brasmer was a quality inspector for John |
13 | | Deere Harvester Works and retired in 1983 after 41 years; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, David Brasmer was a longtime member of the Moline |
15 | | Gospel Temple, the Westside Assembly of God in Davenport, and |
16 | | the Bible Holiness Church in East Moline; he enjoyed playing |
17 | | golf and was a well-known Moline High School athlete in his |
18 | | youth; he enjoyed the Chicago Cubs, fishing, traveling, |
19 | | puzzles, and riding his Goldwing Trike; and
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20 | | WHEREAS, David Brasmer was preceded in death by his wife of |
21 | | 61 years, Dorothy; and
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