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SR1262 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Douglas E. "Papa" Dee of Rock Island, who
4passed away on January 6, 2018; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Douglas Dee was born in Ohio to Edwin D. and
6Josephine McGlothlin Dee on April 11, 1951; he graduated from
7Moline High School in 1969 and enlisted in the U.S. Army on
8December 24, 1969, where he served as a combat medic in Vietnam
9and earned the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam
10Service Medal with three Bronze Service Stars, and the Republic
11of Vietnam Campaign Medal; he married Judith Montgomery in Port
12Byron on February 6, 1999; and
 
13    WHEREAS, In retirement, Douglas Dee's life was his family
14and Papa's Helping Vets; he and his wife founded the
15organization in 2007, which provided assistance to thousands of
16veterans in the Quad-Cities area; what started as a small
17gesture to help a veteran who needed a couch became a large
18nonprofit organization providing household goods and furniture
19to veterans, primarily homeless veterans; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Douglas Dee received the Jefferson Award in 2014
21for his contributions to the needs of veterans; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Douglas Dee dedicated his life to serving others
2with loving devotion and a tenacious spirit of loyalty to his
3comrades; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
6Douglas E. "Papa" Dee, and extend our sincere condolences to
7his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
8further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to the family of Douglas Dee as an expression of our
11deepest sympathy.