HR1470 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Richard A. Luttrell of Rochester, who passed away on November 6, 2010; and

WHEREAS, He was born September 6, 1948 in Springfield, to Donald E. and Wilma Jean Noyes Luttrell; he married Carole L. Jenkins on November 23, 1968; and

WHEREAS, Richard was a lifelong resident of the Springfield area and resided in Rochester the past 20 years; he was an avid sky diver, a member of the U.S.P.A. (United States Parachute Association) with a pro-rating, and a member of the Midwest Parachute Club in Taylorville; and

WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1968, in the 2/327 Separate, A Company, 101st Airborne Division; he was a lifetime member of the V.F.W. 755 and the Military Order of the Purple Heart Association; he was an avid fisherman and a past member of the Sangamon County Interveterans Burial Detail; he was active with the fundraising and completion of the Vietnam Memorial at Oak Ridge Cemetery and traveled to Vietnam 3 times after the war ended; and

WHEREAS, He appeared on the N.B.C. television show, Dateline, in 2000; he retired from the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs as a Public Information Officer in 2002; he also worked at the IDPA and Meadow Gold Dairy; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Carole Michelle Mackanin; and his brother, Kenneth Luttrell; and

WHEREAS, Richard Luttrell is survived by his wife, Carole; his daughter, Christina (partner, Linda Davis) Luttrell; his grandchildren, Ashley (David Nossem) Schwien and Brittany Schwien; his great-grandchild, Mahkayla; his sisters, Rita Walker, Barb Owens, and Janet Banning; his brother, Ed Luttrell; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Richard Luttrell; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Richard Luttrell as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.