Full Text of HR0294 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate William Eugene Nelson on | 4 | | the occasion of his 95th birthday; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, William Nelson was born in Rockford on March 25, | 6 | | 1920; he attended Rockford grade schools before relocating to | 7 | | Chicago and becoming part of the first graduating class at Lane | 8 | | Tech High School in 1938, where he played first base for the | 9 | | baseball team; he graduated from the Chicago School of Pharmacy | 10 | | and married Ramona Davis on November 28, 1942 and had 5 | 11 | | children, Dale, Karen, Connie, Bill, and Eric; in 1943, he | 12 | | entered the United States Navy and was deployed in the Pacific | 13 | | Theater; he played baseball for the Rockford Foresters; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, William Nelson worked as a salesman for the Wyeth | 15 | | pharmaceutical company until 1949; he then bought Trulson Drug | 16 | | Store in Princeton and opened Nelson Drug at its South Main | 17 | | Street location on August 1, 1949; his brother, Bob, joined him | 18 | | in 1960 and worked at Nelson Drug for 12 years until leaving to | 19 | | open his own store; Williams's son, Billy, also worked at | 20 | | Nelson Drug for 20 years; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, William Nelson retired on October 27, 2012 after | 22 | | operating Nelson Drug for 63 years - the longest operating |
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| 1 | | business on Main Street in Princeton; he might possibly rank as | 2 | | the most senior "full-time, owner/operator pharmacist in North | 3 | | America"; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, William Nelson served on the Princeton City | 5 | | Council from 1967 to 1979 and as the Mayor of Princeton from | 6 | | 1980 to 1988; he was the Grand Marshal of the Homestead Parade | 7 | | in Princeton in 2003 and was awarded the Illinois Pharmacists | 8 | | Association Lifetime Achievement award in 2009; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, William Nelson is a life-long Chicago Cubs fan and | 10 | | once met Lou Gerig; he enjoys golfing and has achieved 2 | 11 | | holes-in-one; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, William Nelson married Judith (nee Ruch) | 13 | | Struthers on March 18, 1995 and gained 2 step-sons, Jason and | 14 | | James; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | congratulate William Eugene Nelson on his 95th birthday and | 18 | | wish him many more wonderful years; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to William Nelson as an expression of our esteem and | 21 | | respect.
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