Full Text of SR0812 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 Heinz F. Richard of Marengo, who passed | 4 | | away on July 20, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Heinz Richard was born in Chicago on April 24, | 6 | | 1930 to Fred and Martha (nee Steinegger) Richard; he married | 7 | | Mary Lou Driver on February 3, 1952 at Zion Lutheran Church in | 8 | | Marengo; he served in the United States Air Force during the | 9 | | Korean War, working on aircraft as a computer programmer; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Heinz Richard worked at McDonnell Douglas in Fort | 11 | | Worth, Texas; he then worked for Boeing Air Craft in Wichita, | 12 | | Kansas as an electrical engineer; in 1971, he moved his family | 13 | | back to his home town of Marengo and worked for AT&T, retiring | 14 | | in 1994; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Heinz Richard was an avid bowler, sometimes | 16 | | bowling on 3 leagues a week, but his biggest passion was always | 17 | | fishing; he enjoyed taking trips with his wife and sometimes | 18 | | his children to Branson, Missouri; Kentucky Lake; Northern | 19 | | Wisconsin; and out west, but most of all enjoyed his trips up | 20 | | to his son Bob's resort, O'Sullivans Rainbow, in Nakina, | 21 | | Ontario, Canada; he was also an avid Nebraska Corn Huskers and | 22 | | Kansas City Chiefs fan; his other favorite pastimes included |
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| 1 | | mowing the lawn and smoking a good cigar; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Heinz Richard was preceded in death by his parents | 3 | | and his sister-in-law, Joan Steinwehe; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Heinz Richard is survived by his wife of 63 years | 5 | | Mary Lou; his 5 children, Ronald (Debbie) Richard, Marta (Dale) | 6 | | Vogel, Robert (Shelly) Richard, Paula Finnan (fiancé Dave | 7 | | Bennett), and Laura Hinton; his 11 grandchildren, Brenn and | 8 | | Luke Richard, Brett, Bryan (Kristi), and Brandon Vogel, Graydon | 9 | | and Bailey Richard, Katelyn and Dylan Finnan, and Zachary and | 10 | | Wade Hinton; his 4 great-grandchildren, Riley, Alexander, and | 11 | | Braylon Vogel and Bryson Finnan; his sisters, Edith Richard and | 12 | | Elizabeth (Sepp) Cantaluppi; his sister-in-law, Carol (Victor) | 13 | | Mortensen; his brothers-in-law, Tom (Delores) Driver and | 14 | | William (Ruth) Driver; and many other friends and relatives; | 15 | | therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Heinz F. Richard, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Heinz Richard as an expression of |
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| 1 | | our deepest sympathy.
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