Full Text of SR0119 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Ivan W. Miller of Hillsboro, who | 4 | | passed away on February 4, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ivan Miller was born to Albert and Rose | 6 | | (Hueschen) Miller in Nokomis on January 31, 1925; he graduated | 7 | | as salutatorian from Nokomis High School in 1942; he served as | 8 | | a sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War; while in the | 9 | | Army, he earned his pilot's license; he married Ida Mae | 10 | | Mondhink at the 1st United Presbyterian Church in Raymond on | 11 | | March 16, 1954; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1960, Ivan Miller started his career in the | 13 | | purebred hog business; he was the first hog farm in Illinois to | 14 | | raise Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) disease free hogs; during | 15 | | his career, he won many awards at the state and national level; | 16 | | in 1980, he was selected as a National Duroc Association Who's | 17 | | Who honoree; in 2005, he received the Illinois Purebred Swine | 18 | | Council Award; in 2013, he was inducted into the Land of | 19 | | Lincoln Purebred Livestock Association Hall of Fame; he was | 20 | | well known in his business throughout the world; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Ivan Miller belonged to several organizations at | 22 | | the local, county, and state level and served in leadership |
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| 1 | | roles in many of them; in 1963, he helped organize the | 2 | | Montgomery County Pork Producers Association and the Illinois | 3 | | Swine Repopulation Association; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Ivan Miller was a member of Our Saviors Lutheran | 5 | | Church in Hillsboro and a past member of the Hillsboro Moose | 6 | | Club; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, In his younger years, Ivan Miller enjoyed flying | 8 | | his Piper Arrow airplane and loved ballroom dancing with his | 9 | | wife; he adored his grandchildren and especially loved | 10 | | watching them play sports; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ivan Miller was preceded in death by his parents | 12 | | and one son, Robert "Bob" Miller; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ivan Miller is survived by his wife; his | 14 | | daughter, Linda (Dan) Bilyeu; his son, James Miller; his three | 15 | | grandchildren, Jenna Springer, Brett Bilyeu, and Brittany | 16 | | Bilyeu; his two great-grandchildren, Brockton and Bryce | 17 | | Springer; and his two sisters, Donna Roach and Irma | 18 | | Waddington; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Ivan W. Miller and extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Ivan Miller as an expression of our | 5 | | deepest sympathy.
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