Full Text of HR0240 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Reverend Richard | 4 | | R. Harre, the senior pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in | 5 | | Auburn, as he retires on April 30, 2013, after serving over 42 | 6 | | years at Trinity Lutheran; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Richard Harre was born on January 24, 1942, at | 8 | | home on the family farm west of
Nashville to Raymond W. and Ida | 9 | | L. (nee Kuhlman) Harre; he was the oldest of 10 children:
| 10 | | Richard, Bill, Danny, Kenneth, Kevin, Margene, Phyllis, | 11 | | Marilyn, Marcile; and Debbie; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Richard Harre was baptized on February 15, 1942, | 13 | | at Trinity Lutheran Church in
Nashville and confirmed there on | 14 | | March 25, 1956; he attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in | 15 | | Nashville and
started at Nashville High School; he continued | 16 | | high school at St. Paul's High School in Concordia,
Missouri, | 17 | | where he graduated in 1960; he attended St. Paul's College in | 18 | | Concordia, Missouri, where
he obtained an associate in arts | 19 | | degree in 1962; he attended Concordia College in Fort Wayne, | 20 | | Indiana,
where he obtained a bachelor of arts degree in 1964; | 21 | | he entered Concordia Seminary in St. Louis,
Missouri, where he | 22 | | obtained his masters of divinity degree in May of 1968; his | 23 | | vicarage (internship)
was at Trinity Lutheran Church in Peoria, |
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| 1 | | under Reverend Rudolph A. Haak; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Richard Harre was united in marriage on July 31, | 3 | | 1966, to the lovely Ruth Ann
Schoder of St. Louis, Missouri; | 4 | | they were blessed with 2 sons, Michael Ray in 1972 (Michelle | 5 | | "Mickey") and Jeffrey Alan in 1975 (Janelle) and further | 6 | | blessed with grandchildren, Samantha,
Kaden, Katelyn, and | 7 | | Luke; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Richard Harre was ordained at Trinity Lutheran | 9 | | Church in Nashville on June 9, 1968; he was pastor of Immanuel | 10 | | Lutheran Church in Spencer, Nebraska, and Christ
Lutheran | 11 | | Church in Lynch, Nebraska, from June 1968 untill September | 12 | | 1970; he was installed on September 20, 1970, at Trinity | 13 | | Lutheran
Church in Auburn, where he has faithfully, honorably, | 14 | | and lovingly served for over 42 years; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Richard Harre has served as treasurer to the | 16 | | Auburn Ministerial
Association from 1970 to present and served | 17 | | as secretary/treasurer to the Springfield West and
East | 18 | | Circuits of the Central Illinois District from 1995 to present; | 19 | | and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Richard Harre was a member of the Christian | 21 | | Education Commission of
the Central Illinois District of the | 22 | | Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, chairman of the Family Life |
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Committee, Central Illinois District from 1975 to | 2 | | 1985, and a member and chairman of the Ministerial Health
| 3 | | Commission of the Central Illinois District from 1985 to 2000; | 4 | | and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Richard Harre has been a member of the Auburn | 6 | | School District's
Advisory Committee and School Policy | 7 | | Committee, a Little League umpire and coach for many years
| 8 | | during his sons' youth, and a member of the Auburn Lion's Club; | 9 | | and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Richard Harre, during his over 42 years at Trinity | 11 | | Lutheran Church in
Auburn, has performed approximately 590 | 12 | | baptisms, 292 marriage ceremonies, 203 funerals, 400 junior | 13 | | confirmations
and 288 adult confirmations; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Richard Harre is an avid golfer and sports fan, | 15 | | especially a fan of his beloved St.
Louis Cardinals baseball; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Richard Harre and his wife, Ruth, have lived at | 18 | | the Trinity Lutheran Church's
parsonage since 1970; they will | 19 | | be moving to their new home in Auburn after retiring; he and | 20 | | Ruth are looking forward to their days of travel, golf, viewing | 21 | | sports,
and leisure time; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate Richard Harre as he retires on April 30, 2013, | 4 | | after serving over 42 years at Trinity Lutheran Church, thank | 5 | | him for his service to his community, and wish him all the best | 6 | | in his future endeavours; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Richard Harre as an expression of our esteem and | 9 | | respect.
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