Bill Text: IL SR1121 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of David S. Anderson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-05-24 - Resolution Adopted [SR1121 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1121-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 David Stanley Anderson of Jonesboro, | ||||||
4 | Arkansas, who passed away on March 18, 2020; and
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5 | WHEREAS, David Anderson was born to Stanley and Mildred | ||||||
6 | Tenold Anderson in Fertile, Iowa on September 26, 1937; he grew | ||||||
7 | up in Joice, Iowa on the family farm, where he cultivated a | ||||||
8 | lifelong love of animals; he graduated from the University of | ||||||
9 | Iowa in 1961 and worked in the Iowa City Parks and Recreation | ||||||
10 | Department before moving his family to Normal, Illinois for the | ||||||
11 | same position in 1965; and
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12 | WHEREAS, In 1970, David Anderson was hired by the Town of | ||||||
13 | Normal to become its first city manager; his many | ||||||
14 | accomplishments in this role include the construction of the | ||||||
15 | City Hall offices (now the annex) and city fire stations, the | ||||||
16 | completion of the Constitution Trail, the Ironwood Golf Course | ||||||
17 | and Subdivision, and the College Hills Mall, the redevelopment | ||||||
18 | of 1 Normal Plaza, and the moving of Amtrak's station from | ||||||
19 | Bloomington to Normal; he was also proud to have been involved | ||||||
20 | in securing the Mitsubishi automotive plant in Normal; after 29 | ||||||
21 | years of service, David retired in 1998; upon retirement, Ash | ||||||
22 | City Park in Normal was renamed Anderson Park to honor David's | ||||||
23 | accomplishments; and
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1 | WHEREAS, David Anderson was an active member of St. John's | ||||||
2 | Lutheran Church in Bloomington and the First United Methodist | ||||||
3 | Church in Jonesboro; during his retirement, he was active with | ||||||
4 | the ICMA as a Range Rider, helping other towns find city | ||||||
5 | administrators; he was an active volunteer with Mended Hearts, | ||||||
6 | the United Way, and Safe Harbor and was an NEA Baptist Hospital | ||||||
7 | "Pink Lady" volunteer; and
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8 | WHEREAS, David Anderson was preceded in death by his former | ||||||
9 | wives, Sandra J. Anderson and BJ Anderson; and
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10 | WHEREAS, David Anderson is survived by his four children, | ||||||
11 | Greg (Glenda) Anderson, Shari (Steve) Mientus, Todd (Tammy) | ||||||
12 | Anderson, and Joni (Mark) McNabb; his nineteen grandchildren; | ||||||
13 | his six great-grandchildren; and all those who knew him as | ||||||
14 | Grandpa Dave; therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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17 | David Stanley Anderson and extend our sincere
condolences to | ||||||
18 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | ||||||
19 | further
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20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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21 | presented to the family of David Anderson as an expression of
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1 | our deepest sympathy.
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