Full Text of HR1558 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of State | 4 | | Representative Richard P. Myers of Colchester, who passed away | 5 | | on December 1, 2010; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born to John and Martha Myers on December | 7 | | 27, 1947 in Macomb; he married Christine Sims on August 9, 1975 | 8 | | in North Henderson; he graduated from Colchester High School in | 9 | | 1966 and earned a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy from Western | 10 | | Illinois University in 1973; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Representative Myers farmed his family farm for 29 | 12 | | years and served 6 years in the United States Army Reserves; he | 13 | | was an active member and elder of the Scotland Trinity | 14 | | Presbyterian Church; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, During his farming career, Representative Myers | 16 | | was active in the Farm Bureau organization, serving in various | 17 | | capacities at the local, State, and national levels; he served | 18 | | 12 years as a member of the board of directors of the Illinois | 19 | | Farm Bureau; during that time he represented the Illinois Farm | 20 | | Bureau on the board of directors of the Interstate Producers | 21 | | Livestock Association, the U.S. Meat Export Federation, and | 22 | | numerous other agricultural organizations; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Myers served several years as | 2 | | minority spokesperson of the Appropriations-Higher Education | 3 | | Committee and was a strong advocate for increased funding for | 4 | | the State's public colleges and universities, as well as for | 5 | | the State's community college system; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Myers served on the Agriculture | 7 | | and Conservation, Higher Education, State Government | 8 | | Administration, Elections and Campaign Reform, and Renewable | 9 | | Energy Committees; he served as a member of the Passenger Rail | 10 | | Caucus, a group of legislators advocating for continued and | 11 | | expanded Amtrak service throughout the State; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Myers was co-chair of the | 13 | | Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, a | 14 | | bi-partisan legislative commission of members from both | 15 | | chambers; their responsibilities include forecasting State | 16 | | revenue projections, oversight of employee insurance programs, | 17 | | and conducting hearings on the proposed closure of State | 18 | | facilities; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Beyond the State of Illinois, Representative | 20 | | Myers served as co-chair of the Agriculture and Natural | 21 | | Resources Committee of the Midwest Legislative Conference of | 22 | | the Council of State Governments; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Myers was preceded in death by his | 2 | | son, Nicholas; his father, John; and his brother, Wendell, who | 3 | | died in infancy; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Representative Myers is survived by his wife, | 5 | | Chris; his daughter, Alison; his mother, Martha; his brothers, | 6 | | Donald (Sue) Myers and Charles (Ann) Myers; and numerous nieces | 7 | | and nephews; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Myers will be remembered as a | 9 | | thoughtful and hardworking legislator who always put his family | 10 | | and constituents first; therefore, be it | 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 | | mourn, along with his family, friends, and constituents, the | 14 | | passing of State Representative Richard Myers; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of State Representative Richard Myers | 18 | | as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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