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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Robert |
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| J. "Pud" Williams; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Williams was born on June 21, 1926 in |
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| Centerville to Robert P. Williams and Mamie O. (Vaught) |
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| Williams; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended high school in Carmi and went to |
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| college at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and |
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| Southeast Missouri State in Cape Girardeau, Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams served in the United States Navy |
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| Seabees and served in Japan during World War II; he married |
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| Dorothy Givens in 1952; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was the Illinois Director of |
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| Agriculture from 1972-1976; during his service, he reduced the |
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| Department from 11 operating departments to 4 and eliminated |
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| duplication of services and saved man-hours, dollars, and |
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| created improved efficiency; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked with handicapped through his wife |
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| Dorothy and Roberta Walker to make the State Fairgrounds |
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| handicap accessible and was also instrumental in opening a 24 |
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| hour diagnostic lab at the University of Illinois to be open |
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| 365 days a year; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as Burnt Prairie Township Supervisor in |
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| White County from 1958 to 1972; in addition, he served on the |
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| Board of Supervisors for White County and was Chairman of the |
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| Board at one time; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was instrumental in obtaining the |
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| Centerville blacktop to provide rural people easy access to |
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| Carmi; he was on the Wabash Valley Interstate Commission which |
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| promoted traffic between Indiana and Illinois on the Wabash |
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| River; he also served on the Egyptian Health Department Board; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was an entrepreneur and founded and |
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| owned Pundrake Petroleum Products in Carmi; he also owned and |
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| operated Pud Williams Farms in White County and Williams Grain |
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| Co. in Golden Gate; in addition, he developed IAP, Illinois |
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| Agriculture Product Trademark, a tool designed to promote and |
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| develop markets from Illinois Agriculture; with its logo it |
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| gives identity to the State's leading industry which is |
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| Agriculture; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Robert J. "Pud" Williams will be |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Dorothy; his daughter |
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| and son-in-law, Nancy and Ray Mitchell; his son and |
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| daughter-in-law, Kevin and Eileen Norton-Williams; his two |
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| granddaughters, Katherine Grace and Caroline Rose |
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| Norton-Williams; and his brother and sister-in-law, Larry and |
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| Judy Williams; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn the passing of Robert J. "Pud" Williams along with all |
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| who knew and loved him and extend our sincere condolences to |
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| his family and friends; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Robert J. "Pud" Williams as an |
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| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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