Full Text of SR0260 99th 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 Howard Parker Price of Lake in the Hills, | 4 | | who passed away on January 6, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Howard Price was born in Lebanon, Tennessee on | 6 | | June 19, 1936 to Clyde N. and Irene Price; he graduated from | 7 | | Tennessee Technological University in 1959 with a Bachelor of | 8 | | Science in Electrical Engineering; he married Hilda in 1979; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Howard Price spent his career in | 11 | | telecommunications, beginning with the REA in Washington D.C., | 12 | | where he worked on standards for telephone circuits; he was | 13 | | also an engineer supervisor for Anaconda Wire and Cable | 14 | | Company, and then for most of his career, a General Manager for | 15 | | C ntel Telephone, where he focused on regional switching | 16 | | centers, network design, lightening protection, and fiber | 17 | | optic deployment; he retired with Sprint Telephone and then | 18 | | continued working in his field as a consultant with Tellabs and | 19 | | Argonne National Labs; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Howard Price served in the National Guard in | 21 | | Washington, D.C. during President John F. Kennedy's term in | 22 | | office; he was present at Kennedy's inauguration and funeral, |
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| 1 | | and also stood at the stage during Martin Luther King's "I Have | 2 | | a Dream" speech; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Howard Price was an active member of Crystal Lake | 4 | | Evangelical Free Church, where he taught Sunday school and sang | 5 | | in the choir for most of his life; he was also a member of The | 6 | | Gideons International; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Howard Price was preceded in death by his parents, | 8 | | Clyde and Irene Price, and his grandson, Treyce James Lakoskey; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Howard Price is survived by his wife, Hilda; his | 11 | | children, Lisa (Rodney) Hazel, Stefanie (Jeff) Nimick, Karen | 12 | | (Adrian) Newis, Angie Lakoskey, and Bryan Parker (Kelly) Price; | 13 | | his siblings, Carl (Mary Lena) Price, Marilyn (Bill) Ellis, Don | 14 | | (Faye) Price, and Rena (Joe) Langford; his 15 grandchildren; | 15 | | his great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Howard Parker Price, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 21 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Howard Price as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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