Full Text of HR0318 95th General Assembly
HR0318 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of G. Dick | 4 |
| Wheeler of Mt. Zion, who passed away on March 14, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Dick Wheeler was born on April 10, 1925 in Macon | 6 |
| County; his parents were Boyd Wallace and Marjorie (Britton) | 7 |
| Wheeler; he married Donna K. Greenfield on June 5, 1944; she | 8 |
| preceded him in death on November 28, 1988; he later married | 9 |
| Mona M. Stagen on September 9, 1989; she preceded him in death | 10 |
| on January 8, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Dick Wheeler began farming at the age of six; he | 12 |
| received the prestigious American Farmer Degree at the Future | 13 |
| Farmers of America Convention; after graduating from Mt. Zion | 14 |
| High School in 1943 he became a leader in the community; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a charter member of the Mt. Zion Lions Club | 16 |
| and served as the first president; he was elected to serve two | 17 |
| terms on the school board; he was elected president and | 18 |
| assisted in purchasing the McGaughey Grade School property; | 19 |
| through the efforts of the community, the school board, and Mr. | 20 |
| Wheeler Pittsburgh Plate Glass made the decision to build its | 21 |
| plant in Mt. Zion; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Wheeler was a third generation member of the | 2 |
| Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church where he served as organist, a | 3 |
| choir member, a deacon, and as an ordained elder since 1948; he | 4 |
| chaired the building committee after the original church | 5 |
| building was destroyed by fire; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Wheeler served fifty-five years with the Mt. | 7 |
| Zion Fire Protection District, including seventeen years as the | 8 |
| Fire Chief; he later served as President of the Fire District; | 9 |
| he considered his work with the Fire Protection District to be | 10 |
| one of his proudest accomplishments; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Wheeler was a fifty year plus member of the | 12 |
| I.O.O.F. Lodge 3300 in Mt. Zion and the Class of '43 Breakfast | 13 |
| Club; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Dick Wheeler was preceded in death by his parents; | 15 |
| his wives; his brother; and two grandchildren; he will be | 16 |
| remembered by those who survive him, including his daughters, | 17 |
| Donna Lynne Mormino and her husband, Gary; Joda Leigh Rade and | 18 |
| her husband, Jim, and Carol Jill Buckley and her husband, | 19 |
| Michael; his son, John Eric Wheeler and his wife, Sandy; his | 20 |
| step-daughter, Connie J. Danzelsen; his eight grandchildren; | 21 |
| his two step-grandchildren; and his three great-grandchildren; | 22 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of G. | 4 |
| Dick Wheeler; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of G. Dick Wheeler as a symbol of our | 7 |
| sympathy.
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