Full Text of SR1728 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 Donald James Lanpher of Rock Island, who | 4 | | passed away on March 25, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Lanpher was born on September 16, 1928 in | 6 | | Grand Rapids, Michigan; his parents were Gerald and Marian Tow | 7 | | Lanpher; his family eventually moved to East Moline, where he | 8 | | graduated from United Township High School in 1946; he married | 9 | | Jean Eileen Pulliam on December 10, 1949 at Immanuel Lutheran | 10 | | Church in Rock Island; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Donald Lanpher served in the United States Marine | 12 | | Corps from 1952 to 1954; he retired from the United States | 13 | | Department of the Army after 37 years of service in 1983, | 14 | | having risen from machinist apprentice to a chief in the | 15 | | Maintenance Directorate at the United States Armament Command | 16 | | at the Rock Island Arsenal; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Donald Lanpher was a talented woodworker who loved | 18 | | working on his projects in his shop in the basement; he was a | 19 | | mechanic for a short time in the years after high school and | 20 | | maintained his fascination with cars throughout his life; one | 21 | | of his favorite activities was to travel the Midwest with his | 22 | | wife on the hunt for their antique collection; he was also very |
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| 1 | | active in the National Active and Retired Federal Employees | 2 | | Association, Blackhawk Chapter 338; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Donald Lanpher served as an elder at Holy Cross | 4 | | Missouri Synod Lutheran Church in Moline; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Lanpher was preceded in death by his | 6 | | parents; his wife, Jean; his son, John Lanpher; and his | 7 | | brother, Bob Lanpher; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Donald Lanpher is survived by his daughter, | 9 | | Katherine Lanpher, and his grandsons, John Lanpher and Jason | 10 | | Lanpher; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Donald James Lanpher; | 14 | | and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Donald Lanpher as an expression of | 17 | | our sympathy.
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