Bill Text: IL SR0486 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Richard E. "Rick" Minwegen of Gurnee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-12-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR0486 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0486-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Richard E. "Rick" Minwegen of Gurnee, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on December 9, 2011; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, He graduated from Loyola Academy in Wilmette in | ||||||
| 6 | 1980 and was a graduate of the University of Illinois | ||||||
| 7 | Champaign-Urbana School of Business Administration and | ||||||
| 8 | Commerce in 1984; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, He worked for CUNA Mutual as a certified financial | ||||||
| 10 | planner, and was a professional scuba diving instructor with 7 | ||||||
| 11 | specialty certifications; he was an avid outdoorsman and | ||||||
| 12 | adventurous spirit; his greatest pleasures and motivation were | ||||||
| 13 | his boys; he loved watching and supporting his children through | ||||||
| 14 | their spiritual development, studies, and play; his boys enjoy | ||||||
| 15 | playing football, basketball, soccer, and track; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, He was an inspiration to his boys, family, and | ||||||
| 17 | friends throughout his courageous and long battle with | ||||||
| 18 | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease); and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Peter and | ||||||
| 20 | Ann Minwegen; and his sister, Marianne; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Richard Minwegen was the loving and dedicated | ||||||
| 2 | father of Christopher and Miles; he is survived by his sisters, | ||||||
| 3 | Jacqueline (John) Hopkins and Patricia (Mark) Aijian; his | ||||||
| 4 | brothers, Peter, Jr. (Bobbie Stiles) Minwegen, Thomas (Martha) | ||||||
| 5 | Minwegen, and Andrew (Debbie) Minwegen; and many nieces and | ||||||
| 6 | nephews; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 9 | his family and friends, the passing of Richard Minwegen; and be | ||||||
| 10 | it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the family of Richard Minwegen as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 13 | sincere sympathy.
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