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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Cowser family
4of Bradford for being recognized as the 2020 Family of the Year
5by the Illinois Pork Producers Association; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Delbert and his wife Eva, with their children
7Rodger and Phyllis Cowser, started building their farm in 1932
8with 80 acres of land, four horses, and a herd of swine; and
 
9    WHEREAS, After four generations, Rodger and his wife
10Annetta, with their children Steve, Andy, Marc, Darin, Vonnie,
11and Paula Cowser, moved to the Elmore Stock Farm and have
12helped it grow to thousands of acres today, with pigs, cows,
13corn, soybeans, and more; and
 
14    WHEREAS, We remember those family members they have lost,
15including Rodger, who passed away in August 2019, and Mike, son
16of Steve and Charlotte, who loved to work alongside his family
17on the farm and died in an accident at the age of 14; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The core values of the Cowser pork business are
19family and faith; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The family has been, and still is, actively

 

 

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1involved and engaged in the farming and agriculture community
2in central Illinois, with service to the Illinois Farm Bureau
3through education of the public and 4-H; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The Cowser family regularly donates pork to local
5organizations for fundraising meals; they also serve their
6respective communities through holding township and school
7board offices; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
9HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10we honor the Cowser family on being named as the Illinois Pork
11Producers Association's 2020 Family of the Year; and be it
12further
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14presented to the Cowser family as an expression of our esteem.