Full Text of HR0399 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Richard | 4 | | "Dick" Everett Fallow of Davenport, Iowa, who passed away on | 5 | | April 13, 2013; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Richard Fallow was born on August 23, 1920, in | 7 | | Hartford, Connecticut, to Everett and Gladys Bennett Fallow; in | 8 | | 1937, while on a youth hostel bicycle trip to Europe, his life | 9 | | would be changed forever by the poverty and war he witnessed | 10 | | firsthand; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Richard Fallow graduated from Amherst College in | 12 | | 1942; he joined the American Field Service during World War II | 13 | | and served as an ambulance driver for 2 years; he was assigned | 14 | | to the 8th British Army in North Africa; while volunteering for | 15 | | the AFS, he witnessed the poor treatment and living conditions | 16 | | the Jewish population faced; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Upon returning home, Richard Fallow began working | 18 | | for the United Electrical and Radio Workers Union; he fought | 19 | | for workers' rights and continued to organize for fair and | 20 | | equal business laws for employees, which eventually led him to | 21 | | Sioux County, Iowa; it was there that he met his wife, | 22 | | Wilhelmina "Mickey" DeVries; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 1951, Richard Fallow and his wife, Mickey were | 2 | | united in marriage; they moved to Davenport, Iowa, in 1952 and | 3 | | started their family, which includes 3 daughters; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Richard Fallow continued to be active with labor | 5 | | unions and joined the staff of the National AFL-CIO, serving as | 6 | | an area director of the Committee on Political Education | 7 | | (COPE); his contributions to the workforce were exemplary, | 8 | | always conscious of the well-being of workers and their | 9 | | families and striving constantly to improve the laws that | 10 | | protect the American worker; he officially retired in 1988 from | 11 | | COPE; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, At 87 years old, Richard Fallow was awarded with | 13 | | the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award from the East Central | 14 | | Iowa-Northwestern Illinois AFL-CIO Hall of Fame; he continued | 15 | | to encourage others to work toward the ultimate goal of making | 16 | | the United States a better place to live and work; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Richard Fallow had a great compassion toward | 18 | | society as a whole, and he passed those same values on to his | 19 | | children and grandchildren; he will be lovingly remembered as | 20 | | not only a pioneer activist for the labor movement but also as | 21 | | a devoted husband, father, and grandfather; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Richard Fallow was a musician, photographer, and | 2 | | organic gardener; he was a member of the Quad City Regional | 3 | | Musician's Union-Local 67, National Alliance of Retired | 4 | | Americans, Progressive Action for the Common Good, along with | 5 | | other long-standing associations through the National | 6 | | Federation of Labor; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we mourn the passing of Richard Fallow, and extend our sincere | 10 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 11 | | him; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Richard Fallow as an expression of | 14 | | our deepest sympathy.
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