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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 Edward H. "Ed" Meyer of Rock Island, who |
| 4 | | passed away on March 17, 2016; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Edward Meyer was born in Moline to Edward H. and |
| 6 | | Martha (Wagner) Meyer Sr. on August 17, 1924; he graduated from |
| 7 | | Moline High School in 1942 and served in the United States Navy |
| 8 | | from 1942 until February of 1946; he served aboard the USS |
| 9 | | Revenge AM-110 - a minesweeper, sweeping mines from the harbor |
| 10 | | so that the battleship USS Missouri could enter to sign the |
| 11 | | peace treaty; he married Gayle L. Cramer on April 23, 1949; he |
| 12 | | married Janet S. Carlson on August 15, 1987; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Edward Meyer retired from John Deere Plow & |
| 14 | | Planter Works in 1974 after 32 years of service as a tool and |
| 15 | | die maker; he and his first wife, Gayle, started Meyer's Tree |
| 16 | | Farm in 1950 which, on its 50th anniversary, became Meyer |
| 17 | | Landscape & Design; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Edward Meyer was a member of Trinity Lutheran |
| 19 | | Church in Moline and the Tri-City Cinema & Video Club; he |
| 20 | | enjoyed taking care of his yard and garden, feeding birds, |
| 21 | | fishing, making movies and videos, traveling, watching his |
| 22 | | horses race at the Quad-City Downs and county fairs, and |
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| 1 | | visiting Las Vegas and Jumer's Casino; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Edward Meyer was preceded in death by his first |
| 3 | | wife, Gayle; his parents; and his great-granddaughter, |
| 4 | | Giselle; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Edward Meyer is survived by his wife, Janet; his |
| 6 | | sons, Jack (Jan) Meyer and Kurt (Jan) Meyer; his stepdaughter, |
| 7 | | Laura (Ed Bonnie) Carlson; his stepsons, Justin (Linda) |
| 8 | | Carlson, Philip (Lisa) Carlson, and Joel Carlson; his sister, |
| 9 | | Joyce Jacquin; his grandchildren, John (Danielle) Meyer, Allie |
| 10 | | (Eric) Pratt, Julie (John) Super, Heather (Jason) Powell, Drew |
| 11 | | (Stephanie) Meyer, Evan Meyer, Robin Chin, Kelli Carlson, Riley |
| 12 | | Carlson, and Addie Carlson; and his great-grandchildren, |
| 13 | | Genevieve, Helen, Vivian, Julie, Owen, Sophie, and Hawkes; |
| 14 | | therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 17 | | Edward H. "Ed" Meyer, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
| 18 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 19 | | further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Edward Meyer as an expression of our |
| 22 | | deepest sympathy.
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