Full Text of SR0886 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Ronald L. "Ron" Paaske of Hillsdale, | 4 | | who passed away on December 3, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ron Paaske was born in Davenport, Iowa to Alvin | 6 | | and Eleanor (Musal) Paaske on February 22, 1939; he served in | 7 | | the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1964 during the Cuban Missile | 8 | | Crisis; he married Sally Kay Wiesen in Bettendorf, Iowa on | 9 | | January 5, 1963; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Ron Paaske worked in real estate for Ruhl and | 11 | | Ruhl from 1970 to 1988; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Ron Paaske was also a devoted dairy farmer | 13 | | throughout his life, raising some of the best Brown Swiss | 14 | | dairy cattle in the area; he served as the president of the | 15 | | Iowa State Brown Swiss Association from 1971 to 1972 and was | 16 | | the national director of the Brown Swiss Association from 2003 | 17 | | to 2009; he received the prestigious A.C. Whitie Award in 2006 | 18 | | and received the Herdsman Award 27 times; he traveled to | 19 | | attend state shows in Iowa, Illinois, and Texas, as well as the | 20 | | Southwest National Brown Swiss Show in Texas and the Southeast | 21 | | National Brown Swiss Show in Kentucky; he attended numerous | 22 | | National Brown Swiss Conventions, the World Dairy Expo in |
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| 1 | | Madison, Wisconsin, the North American Livestock Show in | 2 | | Columbus, Ohio, and the National Cattle Congress in Waterloo, | 3 | | Iowa; he even exported some of his cattle to Brazil, Costa | 4 | | Rica, Columbia, and Ecuador; he hired and mentored many | 5 | | Riverdale and Erie students over the years and taught them a | 6 | | work ethic that would serve them well in life; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ron Paaske was 50-year member of the Masons and | 8 | | was a member of the Mohassan Grotto and the Kaaba Shrine; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ron Paaske was preceded in death by his wife, | 10 | | Sally; his parents; his brother, Herb Paaske; and his | 11 | | sisters-in-law, Corrine, Joyce, Susan, and Sally; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Ron Paaske is survived by his daughter, Joni | 13 | | Paaske; his girlfriend and cattle partner, Brenda Besse; his | 14 | | brothers, Frank (Cathy) Paaske, Larry Paaske, and Dennis | 15 | | Paaske; and his Blue Heeler, Maxx; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Ronald L. "Ron" Paaske and extend our sincere condolences to | 19 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Ron Paaske as an expression of our | 2 | | deepest sympathy.
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