Bill Text: IL SR1063 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Richard E. Caplan of Chicago.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-03 - Resolution Adopted [SR1063 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1063-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. Caplan of Chicago; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Richard Caplan was born in Chicago in 1927 and | ||||||
| 5 | grew up in Irving Park; he graduated from Lane Tech College | ||||||
| 6 | Prep High School and served in the United States Navy during | ||||||
| 7 | World War II; following the war, he attended Western Illinois | ||||||
| 8 | University and become a chemist; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Richard Caplan worked for Montgomery Ward where he | ||||||
| 10 | earned 2 patents for chemical coatings; he later went to work | ||||||
| 11 | for Dexter Midland Industrial Finishes in Waukegan as a | ||||||
| 12 | salesman and quickly moved up, becoming Vice-President of Sales | ||||||
| 13 | and Marketing; he retired in the early 1990s; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Richard Caplan, and his wife, Betsy, settled in | ||||||
| 15 | North Carolina following his retirement to be close to his son | ||||||
| 16 | and he began selling ladies shoes at a department store; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Richard Caplan enjoyed spending time with his | ||||||
| 18 | family and teaching his son, Michael, how to play baseball | ||||||
| 19 | while he was growing up; he loved life, his morning donut, his | ||||||
| 20 | friends, and family; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Richard Caplan eventually returned to Chicago, | ||||||
| 2 | and for 17 years, drove a school bus, fearlessly driving | ||||||
| 3 | downtown when many other drivers would not; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Richard Caplan was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
| 5 | Betsy; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 8 | Richard E. Caplan, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 9 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 10 | further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the family of Richard Caplan as an expression of | ||||||
| 13 | our deepest sympathy.
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