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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Rodney Keith Anderson of Rock Island, who 
4passed away on November 10, 2019; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Rodney Anderson was born in Lynn Center to Sherman 
6and Lorna Bergren Anderson on September 5, 1932; he served in 
7the U.S. Army during the Korean War and married Rhoda J. Leaf 
8at Augustana Lutheran Church in Andover on June 8, 1956; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Rodney Anderson retired from Deere and Company, 
10where he had been an engineering technician; he also farmed in 
11Andover, Kansas, and at the Deere experimental farm;  and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Rodney Anderson was a member of First Evangelical 
13Lutheran Church in  Rock Island, where he served in many 
14capacities; he also bowled for many years on the  church bowling 
15team; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Rodney Anderson was preceded in death by his 
17parents; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Rodney Anderson is survived by his wife, Rhoda; 
19his children, Keith (Madelyn), Sharon, Miriam, and Dr. Brian 
20Anderson; his grandchildren, Garth (Cara), Britta, Leif, 
 
 
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1Brittany, Kyra, Esther, Nathanael, and Leah; his 
2great-grandson, Barit; his sister, Janice Yohanan; and his 
3brother, Loran Anderson; therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
6Rodney Keith Anderson and extend our sincere condolences to his 
7family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
8further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to  the family of  Rodney Anderson as an expression of 
11our deepest sympathy.