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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
| 3 | | to learn of the death of Russell Duane Poppy of Moline, who |
| 4 | | passed away on July 20, 2022; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Russell Poppy was born to Frank and Ferne |
| 6 | | (Shattuck) Poppy in Galesburg on December 7, 1932; he served |
| 7 | | in the U.S. Army during the Korean War; he married Carole Ann |
| 8 | | Redmann in Geneseo on June 29, 1962, and she preceded him in |
| 9 | | death on September 18, 2012; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Russell Poppy worked for John Deere Plow Planter |
| 11 | | for over 27 years, retiring on January 1, 1992; he then worked |
| 12 | | as a bus driver for Ridgecrest Retirement Village for over 10 |
| 13 | | years; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Russell Poppy was a former member of Riverside |
| 15 | | United Methodist Church in Moline and Moline American Legion |
| 16 | | Post #246; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Russell Poppy loved camping and playing roly poly |
| 18 | | in his younger years; he also enjoyed playing Farkle with his |
| 19 | | family on Sundays and watching westerns on TV; his favorite |
| 20 | | flowers were black-eyed Susans and sunflowers; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Russell Poppy was preceded in death by his |
| 2 | | parents; his wife, Carole Poppy; his granddaughter, Sasha |
| 3 | | Perez; and his siblings, Clifford Poppy and Bonnie Kruse; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Russell Poppy is survived by his daughters, Anna |
| 5 | | (David) Loncarich, Andrea (Julius "J") Perez, Lori (Chris) |
| 6 | | Herr, Barbra (Brad) Harker, and Susan (Rick) Shaffer; his |
| 7 | | grandchildren, Sarah Perez, Zachary Lorenson, Justin Lorenson, |
| 8 | | Phoenix Herr, Jeffrey Herr, Kristen Harker, Ryan Harker, and |
| 9 | | Andrew Poppy; and his sister, Betty Kruse; therefore, be it
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| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL |
| 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 12 | | Russell Duane Poppy and extend our sincere condolences to his |
| 13 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 14 | | further
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 16 | | presented to the family of Russell Poppy as an expression of |
| 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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