Full Text of HR0213 096th General Assembly
HR0213 96TH 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
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| Reedy of Lovington, who passed away on February 19, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Reedy was born on July 2, 1925 in rural | 6 |
| Lovington; he was the son of Daniel L. and Ilene Smith Reedy; | 7 |
| he graduated from Lovington High School in 1943; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Reedy was drafted into the United States | 9 |
| Army during World War II, serving as an MP and bodyguard to | 10 |
| General Mark Clark; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Reedy earned his bachelor's degree in | 12 |
| agriculture from the University of Illinois in 1949; while in | 13 |
| college, he married Wilma Newsham on October 18, 1947; and
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| WHEREAS, After college, Thomas Reedy farmed in rural | 15 |
| Lovington with his father, Dan, and his brother, Bill; he also | 16 |
| started judging 4-H, FFA, and open livestock shows throughout | 17 |
| Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Reedy served on numerous boards, including | 19 |
| the Illinois Shorthorn Association, Moultrie County Farm | 20 |
| Bureau, and FS boards; he was a 4-H leader and served on the |
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| Moultrie-Sullivan Fair board as president for nearly 20 years; | 2 |
| he also served on the Regional School Board of Trustees as well | 3 |
| as the Mental Health Board; he was elected to the Moultrie | 4 |
| County Board and served from 1976 to 1980; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Reedy began teaching at Lake Land Junior | 6 |
| College in the fall of 1969; while at Lake Land College, he | 7 |
| established the award-winning judging team and the Junior | 8 |
| College judging contest at the Chicago International, serving | 9 |
| on the International board until its demise in 1975; he served | 10 |
| as an agriculture instructor until he was named head of the | 11 |
| Agriculture and Life Science Department at Lake Land College, | 12 |
| serving in that position until 1990; he then served as an | 13 |
| assistant to Lake Land College's president, serving there until | 14 |
| his retirement in 1992; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, After his retirement, Thomas Reedy became a Soy | 16 |
| Coordinator for the Land of Lincoln Soybean Association; he was | 17 |
| also appointed by the Governor to serve on the Illinois | 18 |
| Committee for Ag Education, serving for three years until his | 19 |
| retirement in 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Reedy was a life-long member of St. Isadore | 21 |
| Catholic Church, where he served as a church trustee; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, Thomas Reedy was preceded in death by his parents, |
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| one brother, and four sisters; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Reedy and his wife of 61 years, Wilma, had | 3 |
| three children, Linda (David) McCabe, Dan (Adele) Reedy, and | 4 |
| Donna (Barry) Johnson; they have eight grandchildren and four | 5 |
| great-grandchildren; Mr. Reedy is survived by his brother, | 6 |
| William Reedy; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Thomas Reedy will be remembered by all who knew | 8 |
| and loved him as a man whose love of people and optimistic | 9 |
| outlook endeared him to everyone he met; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Thomas | 13 |
| L. Reedy; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Thomas Reedy as an expression of our | 16 |
| sympathy.
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