Full Text of SR0331 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Richard "Dick" Everett Fallow of | 4 | | Davenport, Iowa, who passed away on April 13, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Fallow was born on August 23, 1920, in | 6 | | Hartford, Connecticut, to Everett and Gladys Bennett Fallow; in | 7 | | 1937, while on a youth hostel bicycle trip to Europe, his life | 8 | | would be changed forever by the poverty and war he witnessed | 9 | | firsthand; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Richard Fallow graduated from Amherst College in | 11 | | 1942; he joined the American Field Service during World War II | 12 | | and served as an ambulance driver for 2 years; he was assigned | 13 | | to the 8th British Army in North Africa; while volunteering for | 14 | | the AFS, he witnessed the poor treatment and living conditions | 15 | | the Jewish population faced; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Upon returning home, Richard Fallow began working | 17 | | for the United Electrical and Radio Workers Union; he fought | 18 | | for workers' rights and continued to organize for fair and | 19 | | equal business laws for employees, which eventually led him to | 20 | | Sioux County, Iowa; it was there that he met his wife, | 21 | | 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
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Richard Fallow was a musician, photographer, and |
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| 1 | | organic gardener; he was a member of the Quad City Regional | 2 | | Musician's Union-Local 67, National Alliance of Retired | 3 | | Americans, Progressive Action for the Common Good, along with | 4 | | other long-standing associations through the National | 5 | | Federation of Labor; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Richard Fallow, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Richard Fallow as an expression of | 13 | | our deepest sympathy.
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