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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Robert D. | ||||||
4 | Bradley, who passed away on May 5, 2013; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Robert Bradley was born August 4, 1924, in | ||||||
6 | Effingham; his parents were Esther and Arnold Bradley; he | ||||||
7 | married Barbara Jean Rodd on August 28, 1949, at the Aldersgate | ||||||
8 | Church on South Market in Marion; and
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9 | WHEREAS, After graduating from high school, Robert Bradley | ||||||
10 | joined the United States Navy and served on the tanker ship USS | ||||||
11 | Platt in the South Pacific until the end of World War II; he | ||||||
12 | was active as an ensign in the Naval Reserve until 1959; and
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13 | WHEREAS, After the end of the war, Robert Bradley returned | ||||||
14 | to Vandalia and enrolled at Southern Illinois University; he | ||||||
15 | graduated in 1949 with a degree in business administration; and | ||||||
16 | WHEREAS, Robert Bradley was employed in real estate and | ||||||
17 | insurance, along with his father-in-law and brother-in-law; in | ||||||
18 | 1972, he founded Bob Bradley Insurance (now The Insurance | ||||||
19 | House), now owned by his son, Clay; he continued to work in | ||||||
20 | business until 2 weeks before his passing, for a total of 64 | ||||||
21 | years; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Robert Bradley spent many hours working with the | ||||||
2 | Boy Scouts, the Methodist Youth Fellowship, and the senior | ||||||
3 | citizens of First United Methodist Church, where he was an | ||||||
4 | active member; he drove the church van every Sunday morning for | ||||||
5 | many years; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, Robert Bradley was an active member of his | ||||||
7 | community; he was instrumental in the creation of the Lion Club | ||||||
8 | Honors Day Award at Marion High School; he organized and | ||||||
9 | initiated the first Graduation Spree at MHS; he organized the | ||||||
10 | first golf tournament, "The Closed Open", as a fund-raising | ||||||
11 | event for Hearts Helping Hearts, in which only former open | ||||||
12 | heart patients participated; he started the Chamber of Commerce | ||||||
13 | Citizen of the Year Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award to | ||||||
14 | honor citizens who had made a difference in their community; he | ||||||
15 | was designated as the Citizen of the Year in 1981 and was | ||||||
16 | honored at the Mayor's Breakfast in 1997, and was awarded the | ||||||
17 | Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Robert Bradley enjoyed tending his flowers and | ||||||
19 | yard, his white-flocked Christmas tree in his front window, his | ||||||
20 | "Aunt Maude" sayings projected on his garage door, deep frying | ||||||
21 | for all who visited his Lake of Egypt lake home, water skiing, | ||||||
22 | and running at night with his son, Doug; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Robert Bradley was preceded in death by his | ||||||
2 | brother-in-law, Dee L. Rodd and his wife Ruth, and his | ||||||
3 | brother-in-law, Don Minner; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Robert Bradley is survived by his wife of 64 | ||||||
5 | years, Barbara; his sons, Douglas R. Bradley and his wife, | ||||||
6 | Lareva, and Clay A. Bradley and his wife, Andrea; his | ||||||
7 | grandsons, Andrew W. Bradley and Robert J. Bradley; his | ||||||
8 | granddaughter, Natalie Bradley Winn and her husband, Ryan; his | ||||||
9 | half-brothers, Charles Burnett and his wife, Charlotte, and | ||||||
10 | Danny Burnett; his brother-in-law, Rodger Rodd and his wife, | ||||||
11 | Beth; his sisters-in-law, Geri Robbins and her husband, Chet, | ||||||
12 | and Sidney Minner; his nieces, Patricia Dockery (Mike), Robin | ||||||
13 | Pankey (Robert), Kim Rodd Holmes (Gary), and Kate Minner; his | ||||||
14 | nephews, Richard Robbins (Bridget), Jim Rodd (Tamra), Bill Rodd | ||||||
15 | (Carla), Chris Minner (Carol), Glen Burnett, and David Burnett; | ||||||
16 | therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
18 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
19 | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
20 | Robert D. Bradley; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
22 | presented to the family of Robert Bradley as an expression of | ||||||
23 | our sympathy.
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