Full Text of SR1213 101st 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 Dwain "Chris" Christofferson of Moline, | 4 | | who passed away on May 19, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Chris Christofferson was born to Oscar and Bernice | 6 | | (Swanson) Christofferson in Moline on October 23, 1924; he | 7 | | graduated from Moline High School and attended the University | 8 | | of Illinois Extension Center; he served in the U.S. Army in | 9 | | WWII where he was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge; Chris | 10 | | married Irene Hoegner in May of 1949; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Chris Christofferson was a supervisor in the | 12 | | Production Control, Product Engineering, and Personnel | 13 | | Departments at Deere Plow-Planter Works; he was then president | 14 | | and treasurer of the Deere & Co. Credit Union; he served on the | 15 | | Governor's Advisory Board for Credit Unions, was president of | 16 | | the Council of Credit Union Executives Society, and served as | 17 | | the first elected president of the merged Plow & Planter Credit | 18 | | Unions; he also worked for the Volunteer Firemen's Insurance | 19 | | Company from which he received an Eagle Award as well as many | 20 | | other awards for outstanding salesmanship and service; | 21 | | following his retirement, he worked as a consultant for John | 22 | | Deere Harvester Credit Union; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Chris Christofferson was a member of Immanuel | 2 | | Lutheran Church in Rock Island; he was a Charter Member of the | 3 | | Moline Second Alarmers, founded in 1952, and remained a member | 4 | | for 40 years; he was also a member of the Moline Rotary Club, | 5 | | the Upper Rock Island County Chamber of Commerce, the Veterans | 6 | | of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, Disabled American | 7 | | Veterans, and the Military Order of the Purple Heart; he also | 8 | | served as the original chairman of Moline Riverfest from 1983 | 9 | | to 1986; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Chris Christofferson was preceded in death by his | 11 | | parents and his sister, Virginia Kirk; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Chris Christofferson is survived by his wife, | 13 | | Irene; his children, Susan Christofferson, Nancy (Mark) | 14 | | Herman, and Paul (Kathy) Christofferson; his grandchildren, | 15 | | Lauren (Tim) Corwin, Haley Walker, and Christopher | 16 | | Christofferson; his nephews, Randy and Chris Kirk; and his | 17 | | brother-in-law, George Kirk; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 20 | | Dwain "Chris" Christofferson and extend our sincere
| 21 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
| 22 | | him; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 2 | | presented to the family of Chris Christofferson as an | 3 | | expression of
our deepest sympathy.
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