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SENATE RESOLUTION

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