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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Daniel J. "Dan" Arnold, who passed away |
| 4 | | on November 17, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dan Arnold was born to Sergeant Major LeRoy Julius |
| 6 | | and Clara Abbott Arnold; he graduated from Northern Illinois |
| 7 | | University in 1981, with a degree in Business/Marketing; he was |
| 8 | | a lifelong student of military history and joined the National |
| 9 | | Guard to both serve his country and pay for college; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dan Arnold was the founder and CEO of Road Ranger |
| 11 | | LLC; he and his wife, Linda, started with a single store |
| 12 | | shortly after getting married and grew it into the company it |
| 13 | | is today; he was awarded the prestigious Ernst & Young |
| 14 | | Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2009; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dan Arnold was actively involved with many |
| 16 | | organizations, as Board Member of Christ for All Nations |
| 17 | | (CFaN), as Chairman of the Board of the Transfer Foundation, as |
| 18 | | Director with Ray Comfort's Living Waters Publications, the |
| 19 | | Gideons International, and many others; his past service |
| 20 | | includes, founding member of Reformers Unanimous, 5-term |
| 21 | | Vice-Chairman of the Illinois Historical Preservation Society, |
| 22 | | Director and Treasurer of the Rockford Boys & Girls Club, on |
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| 1 | | the Board of Advisors to Northern Illinois University, various |
| 2 | | positions in Ministries of Campus Crusade for Christ, and |
| 3 | | others too numerous to list; along with his wife Linda, he |
| 4 | | founded multiple charitable foundations, including the Daniel |
| 5 | | and Linda Arnold Scholarship Fund at Gordon-Conwell |
| 6 | | Theological Seminary and the Arnold Family Charitable Trust, |
| 7 | | which assists Christian organizations worldwide; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dan Arnold is survived by his wife, Linda; his |
| 9 | | twin daughters, Cristina and Giselle; his sisters, Debbie (Jay) |
| 10 | | Montange and Sandy (Kenneth) Simmons; his brother, Clayton |
| 11 | | (Debbie) Arnold; his mother-in-law, Eloisa Eckmann (James |
| 12 | | Harders); his sister-in-law, Gina (Scott) Wells; his |
| 13 | | brothers-in-law, Adam (Angie) Leddy, John (Sue) Leddy, and |
| 14 | | Capt. Lawrence F. Eckmann; countless nieces, nephews, and |
| 15 | | cousins; his aunt, Millie Janisch; and his uncles; therefore, |
| 16 | | be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 19 | | Daniel J. "Dan" Arnold, and extend our sincere condolences to |
| 20 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 21 | | further
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| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 23 | | presented to the family of Dan Arnold as an expression of our |