Full Text of SR2074 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 Roy Carpenter, who passed away on June | 4 | | 26, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Roy Carpenter was born on May 9, 1927 in | 6 | | Coulterville; his parents were Don Dillard and Lillie May | 7 | | Carpenter; he married Mary Pedersen on July 1, 1956 at the | 8 | | First Congregational Church of Moline; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Roy Carpenter served his country in the United | 10 | | States Marine Corps in 1945 in Japan; he also served in the | 11 | | United States Army in active duty during the Korean War; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Roy Carpenter proudly retired from John Deere Plow | 13 | | Planter in 1985 after 34 years of service; after his | 14 | | retirement, he enjoyed staying busy and went to work for | 15 | | Andalusia Township, plowing snow and repairing roads; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Roy Carpenter and his wife were members of the | 17 | | Good SAM Camping Club and enjoyed their adventures together in | 18 | | their motorhome as they visited family and camped with friends; | 19 | | he was one of the original members of the Antique Engine and | 20 | | Tractor Association; he and several other members were honored | 21 | | at the organization's 50-year celebration in 2011; he was also |
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| 1 | | a member of the Two Cylinder Club and the Fin, Fur, and Feather | 2 | | Conservation Club, and looked forward to helping out at the | 3 | | fish frys in Illinois City; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Roy Carpenter loved being outdoors and would | 5 | | always accept an invitation for a day of fishing; he designed | 6 | | his own garage and spent many hours tinkering, listening to the | 7 | | old country favorites, and pulling out lawn chairs and enjoying | 8 | | a beer while watching the rain through the open garage door | 9 | | with a friend or family member; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Roy Carpenter was preceded in death by his wife, | 11 | | Mary; his parents; and his brothers, Charles and Reuben; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Roy Carpenter was the father of Nancy (Larry) | 13 | | Stimson, Lisa (Bill) Elliott, and Carol (Stuart) Ehlert; the | 14 | | grandfather of Hannah (Matt) Hogan, Sarah (Lee) Zeglin, Jordan | 15 | | Ehlert, and Aubrey (Brad) Koenig; and the great-grandfather of | 16 | | Lucy, Carson, and Wade Koenig and Lincoln and Violet Zeglin; | 17 | | and the brother of Marjorie Shipp, George Carpenter, and Irma | 18 | | Burrill; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 21 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Roy Carpenter; and be | 22 | | it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Roy Carpenter as an expression of | 3 | | our sympathy.
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