Bill Text: IL SR0742 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Richard Clarence "Dick" Puls of Des Plaines.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-02-08 - Resolution Adopted [SR0742 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0742-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Richard Clarence "Dick" Puls of Des | ||||||
| 4 | Plaines, who passed away on December 26, 2023; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dick Puls was born in Chicago to Clarence and | ||||||
| 6 | Gertrude (Cook) Puls on May 1, 1943; he attended Queen of All | ||||||
| 7 | Saints Elementary School in Chicago and Notre Dame High School | ||||||
| 8 | in Niles; he graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Loyola | ||||||
| 9 | University Chicago; he married Sylvia Madalinski in 1967; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Dick Puls taught science at St. Viator High | ||||||
| 11 | School; he then spent the rest of his professional career as a | ||||||
| 12 | senior level life insurance underwriter for a large firm in | ||||||
| 13 | Chicago; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Dick Puls was a longtime parishioner of St. | ||||||
| 15 | Zachary Parish in Des Plaines, where he served in many | ||||||
| 16 | ministries, including liturgy and finance planning, St. | ||||||
| 17 | Vincent DePaul, and RCIA; he also served on the St. Zachary | ||||||
| 18 | School Board, where all of his children and his grandson, Sam, | ||||||
| 19 | attended grade school; a faithful Catholic throughout his | ||||||
| 20 | life, he even selected the church altar as the spot for his | ||||||
| 21 | marriage proposal; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Dick Puls enjoyed reading science fiction novels, | ||||||
| 2 | studying the stock market, playing cards, listening to | ||||||
| 3 | classical music, and napping with his dog, Duke; he loved | ||||||
| 4 | spoiling his grandchildren and treating them to trips to the | ||||||
| 5 | zoo, botanical gardens, arboretum, children's museum, and a | ||||||
| 6 | nice lunch, where they could choose anything off the menu; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Dick Puls was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
| 8 | and his wife, Sylvia; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dick Puls was the loving father of Judy (Dave) | ||||||
| 10 | Manning, Rich Puls, Donna (Levent) Turetgen, and David (Beth) | ||||||
| 11 | Puls; the devoted grandfather "Papa" of Richie, Emma, Neyla, | ||||||
| 12 | Melisa, William, and Sam; the cherished cousin of Nancy | ||||||
| 13 | Pavlick; the dear brother-in-law of Susan (the late | ||||||
| 14 | Christopher) Puchalla; the loved uncle of Jenny, Julie, Chris, | ||||||
| 15 | and Dan; and the adored cousin, friend, colleague, and | ||||||
| 16 | neighbor of many; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 19 | Richard Clarence "Dick" Puls and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 20 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 21 | him; and be it further
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| 22 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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