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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Ivan W. Miller of Hillsboro, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on February 4, 2021; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Ivan Miller was born to Albert and Rose | ||||||
| 6 | (Hueschen) Miller in Nokomis on January 31, 1925; he graduated | ||||||
| 7 | as salutatorian from Nokomis High School in 1942; he served as | ||||||
| 8 | a sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War; while in the | ||||||
| 9 | Army, he earned his pilot's license; he married Ida Mae | ||||||
| 10 | Mondhink at the 1st United Presbyterian Church in Raymond on | ||||||
| 11 | March 16, 1954; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, In 1960, Ivan Miller started his career in the | ||||||
| 13 | purebred hog business; he was the first hog farm in Illinois to | ||||||
| 14 | raise Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) disease free hogs; during | ||||||
| 15 | his career, he won many awards at the state and national level; | ||||||
| 16 | in 1980, he was selected as a National Duroc Association Who's | ||||||
| 17 | Who honoree; in 2005, he received the Illinois Purebred Swine | ||||||
| 18 | Council Award; in 2013, he was inducted into the Land of | ||||||
| 19 | Lincoln Purebred Livestock Association Hall of Fame; he was | ||||||
| 20 | well known in his business throughout the world; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Ivan Miller belonged to several organizations at | ||||||
| 22 | the local, county, and state level and served in leadership | ||||||
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| 1 | roles in many of them; in 1963, he helped organize the | ||||||
| 2 | Montgomery County Pork Producers Association and the Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | Swine Repopulation Association; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Ivan Miller was a member of Our Saviors Lutheran | ||||||
| 5 | Church in Hillsboro and a past member of the Hillsboro Moose | ||||||
| 6 | Club; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, In his younger years, Ivan Miller enjoyed flying | ||||||
| 8 | his Piper Arrow airplane and loved ballroom dancing with his | ||||||
| 9 | wife; he adored his grandchildren and especially loved | ||||||
| 10 | watching them play sports; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Ivan Miller was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
| 12 | and one son, Robert "Bob" Miller; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Ivan Miller is survived by his wife; his | ||||||
| 14 | daughter, Linda (Dan) Bilyeu; his son, James Miller; his three | ||||||
| 15 | grandchildren, Jenna Springer, Brett Bilyeu, and Brittany | ||||||
| 16 | Bilyeu; his two great-grandchildren, Brockton and Bryce | ||||||
| 17 | Springer; and his two sisters, Donna Roach and Irma | ||||||
| 18 | Waddington; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 21 | Ivan W. Miller and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
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| 1 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 2 | further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to the family of Ivan Miller as an expression of our | ||||||
| 5 | deepest sympathy.
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