Full Text of SR0544 101st 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 William Penn Nelson of Champaign, who | 4 | | passed away on May 1, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Penn Nelson was born to Lloyd William and Evelyn | 6 | | Penn Nelson on November 26, 1935; he was raised with his | 7 | | sister, Betty Lloyd Nelson (Bauer) in Edina, Minnesota, where | 8 | | he remained through college; he married Barbara Jean Joffe at | 9 | | his parents' home on August 3, 1962; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Penn Nelson worked for Hart Schaffner & Marx; he | 11 | | then transferred to work in the custom-tailored clothing | 12 | | business in Champaign-Urbana; during his 18 years in the | 13 | | clothing business, he had the task of measuring the University | 14 | | of Illinois basketball team for custom-tailored blazers during | 15 | | the Harv Schmidt era; he was also the supplier of the original | 16 | | double-knit orange blazer for then-Illinois basketball coach | 17 | | Bob Blackman; after a series of careers, including owning Ye | 18 | | Olde Ice Cream Shoppe and other retail and sales jobs, he was | 19 | | approached and accepted the opportunity to open a Norrell, now | 20 | | Spherion, staffing franchise in 1981; under his leadership, | 21 | | Norrell earned many awards from the corporate office as well as | 22 | | the local community, including the Chamber of Commerce Small | 23 | | Business of the Year in 1996; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Penn Nelson was a committed volunteer and | 2 | | philanthropist in Champaign-Urbana, including his most recent | 3 | | participation as a past president and Paul Harris Fellow of C-U | 4 | | Sunrise Rotary, a member of the Foundation Board for the Don | 5 | | Moyer Boys & Girls Club, where he was also a longtime board | 6 | | member, a member of the Champaign Parks Foundation Board, the | 7 | | United Way Campaign Chairman in 2002, and as a lifetime member | 8 | | of the Optimist Club and Phi Gamma Delta; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Penn Nelson was an avid fan of the Illini and | 10 | | attended many sporting events at the University of Illinois; | 11 | | his favorite sport was golf, and he enjoyed teaching his | 12 | | daughters and grandchildren about the sport and playing with | 13 | | his wife and family at the Urbana Golf and Country Club; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Penn Nelson is survived by his wife, Barb; his | 15 | | children, Michele (Rob) Baker and Cindy (Mike) Somers; his | 16 | | grandchildren, Robby, Patrick, Justin, Chelsea, and Lainey; | 17 | | his sister, Betty Bauer; and his nephews, Mark, Chris, and | 18 | | Bruce Bauer; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | William Penn Nelson and extend our sincere condolences to his | 22 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Penn Nelson as an expression of our | 4 | | deepest sympathy.
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