Bill Text: IL HR0294 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates William Eugene Nelson on his 95th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-19 - Resolution Adopted [HR0294 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0294-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate William Eugene Nelson on | ||||||
4 | the occasion of his 95th birthday; and
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5 | WHEREAS, William Nelson was born in Rockford on March 25, | ||||||
6 | 1920; he attended Rockford grade schools before relocating to | ||||||
7 | Chicago and becoming part of the first graduating class at Lane | ||||||
8 | Tech High School in 1938, where he played first base for the | ||||||
9 | baseball team; he graduated from the Chicago School of Pharmacy | ||||||
10 | and married Ramona Davis on November 28, 1942 and had 5 | ||||||
11 | children, Dale, Karen, Connie, Bill, and Eric; in 1943, he | ||||||
12 | entered the United States Navy and was deployed in the Pacific | ||||||
13 | Theater; he played baseball for the Rockford Foresters; and
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14 | WHEREAS, William Nelson worked as a salesman for the Wyeth | ||||||
15 | pharmaceutical company until 1949; he then bought Trulson Drug | ||||||
16 | Store in Princeton and opened Nelson Drug at its South Main | ||||||
17 | Street location on August 1, 1949; his brother, Bob, joined him | ||||||
18 | in 1960 and worked at Nelson Drug for 12 years until leaving to | ||||||
19 | open his own store; Williams's son, Billy, also worked at | ||||||
20 | Nelson Drug for 20 years; and
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21 | WHEREAS, William Nelson retired on October 27, 2012 after | ||||||
22 | operating Nelson Drug for 63 years - the longest operating |
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1 | business on Main Street in Princeton; he might possibly rank as | ||||||
2 | the most senior "full-time, owner/operator pharmacist in North | ||||||
3 | America"; and
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4 | WHEREAS, William Nelson served on the Princeton City | ||||||
5 | Council from 1967 to 1979 and as the Mayor of Princeton from | ||||||
6 | 1980 to 1988; he was the Grand Marshal of the Homestead Parade | ||||||
7 | in Princeton in 2003 and was awarded the Illinois Pharmacists | ||||||
8 | Association Lifetime Achievement award in 2009; and
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9 | WHEREAS, William Nelson is a life-long Chicago Cubs fan and | ||||||
10 | once met Lou Gerig; he enjoys golfing and has achieved 2 | ||||||
11 | holes-in-one; and
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12 | WHEREAS, William Nelson married Judith (nee Ruch) | ||||||
13 | Struthers on March 18, 1995 and gained 2 step-sons, Jason and | ||||||
14 | James; therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
16 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
17 | congratulate William Eugene Nelson on his 95th birthday and | ||||||
18 | wish him many more wonderful years; and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
20 | presented to William Nelson as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
21 | respect.
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