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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Dr. Kurt E. Nelson of Rock Island, who
4passed away on October 20, 2020; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson was born in Moline to Carl E. and Elsa
6C. (Grahn) Nelson on December 24, 1921; he served in the U.S.
7Navy during World War II in the Pacific Ocean theater on the
8island of Saipan; he graduated from Northwestern University
9Dental School in Chicago; he married Violet M. Helstrom in
10Moline on November 19, 1988; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson practiced dentistry in Moline for 30
12years before he retired in 1985; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson was a member of the First Evangelical
14Free Church in Moline; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson was preceded in death by his wife,
16Violet; his parents; and his brother, Lennart; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson is survived by his many nieces and
18nephews; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL

 

 

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1ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
2Dr. Kurt E. Nelson and extend our sincere condolences to his
3family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
4further
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6presented to the family of Dr. Nelson as an expression of our
7deepest sympathy.