Full Text of SR0084 97th 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
Leonard J. Rich of Bloomington, who | 4 | | passed away on February 5, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Rich was born on November 2, 1924, in | 6 | | Pontiac; his parents were Silas Henry and Esther Fern Leonard | 7 | | Rich; he married Mary Elizabeth Freed on June 22, 1947, in | 8 | | Gridley; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Rich graduated from Gridley High School in | 10 | | 1942; he subsequently attended Bradley University in Peoria, | 11 | | the University of Illinois in Urbana, and the University of | 12 | | Chicago before graduating from the University of | 13 | | Illinois-Chicago Dental School in 1950; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Rich served his country with pride and | 15 | | distinction as a dental officer in the United States Navy | 16 | | during the Korean War; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Rich entered private practice in 1950 in | 18 | | Gridley, working there until his retirement in 1997; he also | 19 | | served as head of the dental department for the Department of | 20 | | Corrections for the State of Illinois for 30 years; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Rich was a member of the First United | 2 | | Church of Gridley, the El Paso Lodge 246 AF & AM, the | 3 | | Bloomington Scottish Rite Bodies, the Gridley American Legion | 4 | | Post 218, and the McLean County Dental Society; he formerly | 5 | | served on the Centrillio Council of Girl Scouts as its | 6 | | fundraising chair; he was a former board member of Woodford | 7 | | County Bank and had served on the Board of Trustees of Eureka | 8 | | College; he was also a former member of the Bloomington Country | 9 | | Club and the Bob O'Link Golf Club at Highland Park; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Rich was well-known to his community and | 11 | | countless friends as "Doc Rich"; he had attained the rank of | 12 | | Eagle Scout and had served as the announcer for Gridley High | 13 | | School football games for 40 years, where he was known as Mr. | 14 | | Redskin; he was also an avid gardener and golfer; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Rich and his wife wintered in Perdido Key, | 16 | | Florida, for many years; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Rich was preceded in death by his parents; | 18 | | and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Rich is survived by his wife; his | 20 | | children, T.J. (Sherry) Rich, Ann Rich, and Randy "Rudy" Rich; | 21 | | his grandson, Craig Rich; his extended family; and the man he | 22 | | considered a son, Yoshiaki Ono, DDS, in Japan, who was inspired |
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| 1 | | to become a dentist by Doc Rich; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 4 | | his family and friends, the passing of Leonard J. Rich; and be | 5 | | it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Leonard Rich as an expression of our | 8 | | sympathy.
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