Full Text of HR0200 94th General Assembly
HR0200 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois wish to honor Floyd F. "Mike" Reed on the | 4 |
| occasion of his 86th birthday on March 26, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on March 26, 1919, in Pine Creek | 6 |
| Township, Ogle County, Illinois, the sixth of 11 children of | 7 |
| Henry and Olive "Smice" Reed; he was nicknamed "Mike" at a very | 8 |
| early age, and that name has been with him all his life; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Reed enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 6, | 10 |
| 1940, along with brothers Kenneth and Robert; they all served | 11 |
| in North Africa and Italy during World War II; he married | 12 |
| Gertrude C. "Unger" Reed on August 11, 1942, in Muskogee, | 13 |
| Oklahoma, prior to being shipped overseas; while serving in | 14 |
| World War II he was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart; | 15 |
| he was discharged in 1945 as a First Sergeant; and
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| WHEREAS, Following his discharge, he was hired as a | 17 |
| carpenter in the late 1940s at Northwestern Steel & Wire Co. | 18 |
| (NWS & W); when the family first moved to Sterling, they lived | 19 |
| in a railroad box car in an area that was nicknamed Silver | 20 |
| City; NWS & W had moved several hundred box cars onto mill | 21 |
| property as living quarters for the newly hired employees of | 22 |
| the expanding company; while living in the box car and working | 23 |
| at the mill, Mr. Reed was building a house in the rural | 24 |
| Sterling area, where he and his wife raised 3 children, Connie | 25 |
| L. Reed, David M. Reed, and Cindy R. Reed; he lived in this | 26 |
| house until his wife passed away in March of 1982; he retired | 27 |
| from the steel mill upon her passing; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1983, Mr. Reed sold his home and moved to | 29 |
| Thomson, where he still resides; he married Barbara J. "Gates" | 30 |
| Reed on March 29, 2003, in Thomson; and
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| WHEREAS, He was always an avid fisherman and hunter until | 2 |
| his later years, when he had to give up hunting; he continues | 3 |
| to fish the Mississippi River every day, weather permitting; he | 4 |
| routinely catches many catfish, which he eats, and routinely | 5 |
| gives dressed fish to friends and neighbors; and
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| WHEREAS, During his younger years, Mr. Reed was a very | 7 |
| active volunteer member of the Illinois Clean Streams | 8 |
| Committee, Sterling Little League & Babe Ruth baseball, and the | 9 |
| Coleta Sportsmen's Club; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we congratulate Floyd F. "Mike" Reed on the occasion of his | 13 |
| 86th birthday, and we wish him many more happy birthdays; and | 14 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to Mr. Reed as an expression of our respect and | 17 |
| esteem.
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