Full Text of HR0759 094th General Assembly
HR0759 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
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| State of Illinois learned with deep sadness of the death of
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| Howard Franklin Eychaner on Tuesday, November 1, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Eychaner was born in Sycamore on August 22, | 6 |
| 1916, to Perry J. and Ethel B. Eychaner; he was a 1934 graduate | 7 |
| of DeKalb High School; and
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| WHEREAS, On February 6, 1942, Mr. Eychaner married Mildred | 9 |
| Marie Lovett in Winnebago; he was a member of the First United | 10 |
| Methodist Church in DeKalb since 1928; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Throughout his life, Mr. Eychaner advocated | 12 |
| justice and dignity for all people, including women, refugees, | 13 |
| and people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds; along with his | 14 |
| wife, Mildred, he co-founded the Northern Illinois Chapter of | 15 |
| Parents-Friends of Lesbians and Gays (P-FLAG); they worked | 16 |
| tirelessly for the full acceptance and inclusion of gays and | 17 |
| lesbians into society in general and, in particular, within the | 18 |
| United Methodist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1995, Northern Illinois University, in honor of | 20 |
| the Eychaners' contributions on behalf of lesbian, gay, | 21 |
| bisexual, and transgender people, created the Eychaner Award to | 22 |
| honor others committed to the same work; in 2002, the couple | 23 |
| was honored with the first Pioneer Family Award from the | 24 |
| national P-FLAG organization; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Eychaner he was founding president and board | 26 |
| member of the DeKalb Area Retirement Center; in May of 2005, | 27 |
| the Oak Crest Health Center was named for the Eychaners; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, | 29 |
| his sister, Doris Ringstrom, and his brother, Donald; and |
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Howard Franklin Eychaner has been | 2 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his
children, Fred, James | 3 |
| (Barbara), Rich, and Barbara (Tom) Richardson; his four | 4 |
| grandchildren, Anne, Jay, Tim Richardson, and Alana | 5 |
| Richardson; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it | 6 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 |
| we mourn the passing of Howard Franklin Eychaner, and we extend | 9 |
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deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew | 10 |
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loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincere | 13 |
| condolences for their loss.
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