Full Text of SR1877 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Daniel J. "Dan" Arnold, who passed away | 4 | | on November 17, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dan Arnold was born to Sergeant Major LeRoy Julius | 6 | | and Clara Abbott Arnold; he graduated from Northern Illinois | 7 | | University in 1981, with a degree in Business/Marketing; he was | 8 | | a lifelong student of military history and joined the National | 9 | | Guard to both serve his country and pay for college; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dan Arnold was the founder and CEO of Road Ranger | 11 | | LLC; he and his wife, Linda, started with a single store | 12 | | shortly after getting married and grew it into the company it | 13 | | is today; he was awarded the prestigious Ernst & Young | 14 | | Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2009; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dan Arnold was actively involved with many | 16 | | organizations, as Board Member of Christ for All Nations | 17 | | (CFaN), as Chairman of the Board of the Transfer Foundation, as | 18 | | Director with Ray Comfort's Living Waters Publications, the | 19 | | Gideons International, and many others; his past service | 20 | | includes, founding member of Reformers Unanimous, 5-term | 21 | | Vice-Chairman of the Illinois Historical Preservation Society, | 22 | | Director and Treasurer of the Rockford Boys & Girls Club, on |
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| 1 | | the Board of Advisors to Northern Illinois University, various | 2 | | positions in Ministries of Campus Crusade for Christ, and | 3 | | others too numerous to list; along with his wife Linda, he | 4 | | founded multiple charitable foundations, including the Daniel | 5 | | and Linda Arnold Scholarship Fund at Gordon-Conwell | 6 | | Theological Seminary and the Arnold Family Charitable Trust, | 7 | | which assists Christian organizations worldwide; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dan Arnold is survived by his wife, Linda; his | 9 | | twin daughters, Cristina and Giselle; his sisters, Debbie (Jay) | 10 | | Montange and Sandy (Kenneth) Simmons; his brother, Clayton | 11 | | (Debbie) Arnold; his mother-in-law, Eloisa Eckmann (James | 12 | | Harders); his sister-in-law, Gina (Scott) Wells; his | 13 | | brothers-in-law, Adam (Angie) Leddy, John (Sue) Leddy, and | 14 | | Capt. Lawrence F. Eckmann; countless nieces, nephews, and | 15 | | cousins; his aunt, Millie Janisch; and his uncles; therefore, | 16 | | be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Daniel J. "Dan" Arnold, and extend our sincere condolences to | 20 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 21 | | further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 | | presented to the family of Dan Arnold as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy.
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