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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Robert Dale "Bob" Crowder of Mattoon, who
4 passed away on December 8, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Robert Dale Crowder was born in rural Coles County
6 on October 20, 1925, the son of Jesse and Carrie (Coleman)
7 Crowder; he married Martha Harrison on November 15, 1952; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mr. Crowder served with the United States Air
9 Force during World War II and returned to Mattoon to work at
10 Brown Shoe Factory for 21 years; he then worked for Young
11 Radiator for 20 years followed by 13 years working for the City
12 of Mattoon; and
 
13     WHEREAS, He served for a time on the Coles County Board and
14 on the Mattoon Township Board; for 20 years he served as the
15 Democratic County Chairman of the Coles County Democratic
16 Party, for which he had served as vice chairman the 10 years
17 prior; he had served as First Vice Chairman of the Illinois
18 Democratic County Chairman's Association and was a staunch
19 supporter of Democratic candidates; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Mr. Crowder was active in the Mattoon Masonic
21 Lodge 260, where he had served as past master, the Elect Lady

 

 

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1 Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, where he and Martha
2 were Worthy Patron and Worthy Matron, the East Central York
3 Rite Commandery, the Valley of Danville Scottish Rite, the
4 Royal Arch Chapter, Malta Commandery of Tuscola, the White
5 Shrine of Jerusalem, the Mattoon Moose Lodge, the American
6 Legion, Ansar Shriners, the VFW Post 2580, and a member of the
7 First Southern Baptist Church; and
 
8     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and two
9 siblings, James Crowder and Wanda Burrell; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Robert Crowder is survived by his wife, Martha;
11 his four children, Nancy Crowder and husband, Marty Walker, the
12 Honorable Judge Barbara Crowder and husband, Lawrence Taliana,
13 Connie Crow and husband, Dean, and Jeffery Crowder; his sister,
14 Doris Bates,; his grandchildren, Heather Theriault and
15 husband, Darrin; Paul Taliana, Robert Taliana and his fiance,
16 Erica Vanecek, Benjamin Taliana, and Kayla (Crow) Wiles and
17 husband, Doug; he also leaves one great grandchild, Christina
18 Theriault; therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
20 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
21 his family and friends, the passing of Robert Dale "Bob"
22 Crowder; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of Robert Crowder as a symbol of our
3 sincere sympathy.