Bill Text: IL SR1432 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Kenneth K. Pfaff of Rock Island.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-01-28 - Resolution Adopted [SR1432 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1432-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 Kenneth K. Pfaff of Rock Island, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on November 4, 2014; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Kenneth Pfaff was born in Rock Island on July 19, | ||||||
| 6 | 1945 to Keith and Johanna (nee Kosla) Pfaff; he graduated from | ||||||
| 7 | Rock Island High School, where he played football; he married | ||||||
| 8 | Linda Larsen on May 3, 1975 at Broadway Presbyterian Church in | ||||||
| 9 | Rock Island; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Kenneth Pfaff served in the United States Army | ||||||
| 11 | during the Vietnam War, flying the "Huey" UH-1 Iroquois and | ||||||
| 12 | OH13A Sioux helicopters for medevac operations; he was promoted | ||||||
| 13 | to the rank of Captain and awarded the Bronze Star and Air | ||||||
| 14 | Medal for his support of Ground Operations Against Hostile | ||||||
| 15 | Forces; after being discharged, he joined the Iowa National | ||||||
| 16 | Guard Reserves in Davenport, Iowa; when he joined the reserves | ||||||
| 17 | he chose to drop his ranking so he could keep flying Chinook | ||||||
| 18 | helicopters; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Kenneth Pfaff was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
| 20 | and his sister, Doris Ann Reilly; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Kenneth Pfaff is survived by his wife of 39 years, | ||||||
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| 1 | Linda Pfaff; his 2 sons, Jonathan (Jennifer) Pfaff and Will | ||||||
| 2 | (Jennifer) Pfaff; his 6 grandchildren, Lillian, Blaker, | ||||||
| 3 | Carter, Sydney, Grace, and Morgan; and his mother-in-law, Joan | ||||||
| 4 | Larsen; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 7 | Kenneth K. Pfaff, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 8 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 9 | further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to the family of Kenneth Pfaff as an expression of | ||||||
| 12 | our deepest sympathy.
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