Full Text of HR0855 95th General Assembly
HR0855 95TH 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 John H. | 4 |
| Goodspeed Jr. of Centralia, who passed away on November 12, | 5 |
| 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on March 22, 1931 in Chicago; his | 7 |
| parents were John H. Goodspeed Sr. and Dorothy (Meyer) | 8 |
| Goodspeed; he married Ellen Sanders on October 5, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Goodspeed originated the business of | 10 |
| factory-built municipal water distribution equipment and water | 11 |
| booster pump stations, founding Engineered Fluid (Process) | 12 |
| Incorporated in 1964; he was educated in St. Louis and served | 13 |
| in the United States Navy from 1951 to 1955, at the rank of | 14 |
| machinery repairman first class; he served in the Korean War; | 15 |
| and he received the Kaskaskia College Entrepreneur of the Year | 16 |
| award in 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Goodspeed was an avid golfer and deep-water | 18 |
| sports fisherman, winning many tournaments, most notably the | 19 |
| Ernest Hemingway Torneo Touristico Internacional in Copa Lake | 20 |
| Zaza, Cuba, in 1978, the Walker Cay, Bahamas in 1988 (which was | 21 |
| featured on the cover of South Florida Angler's Guide), and the | 22 |
| Stuart Light Tackle Tournament in 1990; his family remembers |
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| him as a generous person with an excellent taste in wine; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his brother, Bill | 3 |
| Goodspeed; and his grandson, Brian Goodspeed; and
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| WHEREAS, John H. Goodspeed Jr. is survived by his wife, | 5 |
| Ellen; his son, Bill (Vicki) Goodspeed; his seven | 6 |
| grandchildren; his five step-grandchildren; his nine | 7 |
| great-grandchildren; his eight step-great-grandchildren; his | 8 |
| step-great-great-grandchild; his sisters-in-law, Marie | 9 |
| Goodspeed, Marilyn Heath (Nathan), Barbara Hard, Carol | 10 |
| Salisbury (Mike), and Doris Thompson (Jim); his | 11 |
| brothers-in-law, Jess Peak Jr. (Daisy) and Steven Peak; his | 12 |
| nephews, Matt Goodspeed and Paul Goodspeed; his stepsons, Brad | 13 |
| Sanders (Terri) and Tony Sanders (Nancy); and many friends; | 14 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of John | 18 |
| H. Goodspeed Jr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of John H. Goodspeed Jr. as a symbol of | 21 |
| our sympathy.
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