Full Text of SR0841 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Richard L. Black of Hillsdale, who | 4 | | passed away on February 4, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Black was born in Hillsdale to Clarence | 6 | | and Bertha (Heeren) Black on March 28, 1943; he was the only | 7 | | member of the family that was born in a house with electricity | 8 | | and attended a one-room schoolhouse as a child; he was in the | 9 | | first graduating class from the combined Riverdale school | 10 | | district in 1961; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Richard Black was drafted into the U.S. Army and | 12 | | served near Seoul, Korea as a cook; he was honorably | 13 | | discharged in 1968 and returned to Hillsdale; while stationed | 14 | | overseas, he married his first wife, Lynda "Chong Cha" Pak; | 15 | | after her passing in 1973, he married Lois Ann Smith in 1976; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Richard Black worked for AMETEK in East Moline, | 18 | | before joining John Deere; during his John Deere years, he | 19 | | worked at the Parts Distribution Center in Milan and Seeding | 20 | | in Moline; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Richard Black enjoyed hunting with a gun during |
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| 1 | | his younger years and then, as an adult, developed a love for | 2 | | using a bow and arrow to hunt deer and other big game; in the | 3 | | 1970s and 1980s, he ran a home-based business called Black's | 4 | | Archery; he also started the Rock River Bowhunters Club in | 5 | | Port Byron; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In his retirement years, Richard Black became | 7 | | known throughout the community due to his passion for | 8 | | restoring vintage bicycles and antique tractors; he was a | 9 | | lifelong fan of football and played in high school and enjoyed | 10 | | watching NFL games; he enjoyed drives around the countryside | 11 | | to check for deer or to see if the water was up or down on any | 12 | | of the local rivers; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Richard Black was preceded in death by his first | 14 | | wife, Lynda "Chong Cha" Pak; his parents; and his brothers, | 15 | | Bill and Ralph; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Richard Black is survived by his wife, Lois; his | 17 | | daughter, Diane Black; his son, Michael Black; his | 18 | | stepdaughter, Stacie (Jeremy) Baker; three grandchildren and | 19 | | two great-grandchildren; his brother, Charles (Patt) Black; | 20 | | his sister-in-law, Lois Black; and several nieces and nephews; | 21 | | therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Richard L. Black and extend our sincere condolences to his | 3 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Richard Black as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy.
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