Bill Text: IL SR1509 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Dr. Kurt E. Nelson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1509 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1509-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 Dr. Kurt E. Nelson of Rock Island, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on October 20, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson was born in Moline to Carl E. and Elsa | ||||||
| 6 | C. (Grahn) Nelson on December 24, 1921; he served in the U.S. | ||||||
| 7 | Navy during World War II in the Pacific Ocean theater on the | ||||||
| 8 | island of Saipan; he graduated from Northwestern University | ||||||
| 9 | Dental School in Chicago; he married Violet M. Helstrom in | ||||||
| 10 | Moline on November 19, 1988; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson practiced dentistry in Moline for 30 | ||||||
| 12 | years before he retired in 1985; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson was a member of the First Evangelical | ||||||
| 14 | Free Church in Moline; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
| 16 | Violet; his parents; and his brother, Lennart; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson is survived by his many nieces and | ||||||
| 18 | nephews; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
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| 1 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 2 | Dr. Kurt E. Nelson and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 3 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 4 | further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the family of Dr. Nelson as an expression of our | ||||||
| 7 | deepest sympathy.
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