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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Wilbur |
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| Allen Meyer of Moline, who passed away on November 9, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Wilbur Meyer was born on August 1, 1926 in |
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| Washington, Iowa; he was the son of Herman and Ruby House |
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| Meyer; and
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| WHEREAS, Wilbur Meyer married his loving wife, Joan |
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| Connors, on January 22, 1946, in Burlington, Iowa; they |
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| celebrated a wonderful life together for over 63 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Wilbur Meyer answered the call of his country |
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| through his service as a Machinist Mate in the United States |
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| Navy during World War II, during which he served honorably in |
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| the Pacific Theater; he was an atomic veteran, bearing witness |
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| to the birth of the Nuclear Age with his duties aboard the |
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| U.S.S. Bladen (APA-63) during Operation Crossroads; he also |
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| served aboard the U.S.S. Elokomin (AO-55) and at Naval Air |
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| Station Attu in Alaska; and
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| WHEREAS, Wilbur Meyer was employed as a production manager |
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| for F.W. Means & Company of Moline for 37 years until his |
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| retirement in 1989; and
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| WHEREAS, Wilbur Meyer was an avid fisherman who enjoyed |
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| fishing the waters of Illinois and Minnesota; and
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| WHEREAS, Wilbur Meyer was an active member of Sacred Heart |
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| Parish in Moline; and
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| WHEREAS, Wilbur Meyer was preceded in death by his parents; |
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| his son, Colin; his sisters, Ruth, Kate, Phyllis, Ilene, |
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| Maxine, and Helen; and his brother, Charles; and
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| WHEREAS, Wilbur Meyer is survived by his wife, Joan; his |
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| daughter, Julie (Carter) Crile; his son, Mark (Kathy) Meyer; |
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| his grandsons, Mark (Nancy) Meyer Jr. and Andrew (Kate) Meyer; |
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| his sister, Sherrie (Dan) Nelson; his brother, Robert (Cy) |
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| Meyer; and his many nieces and nephews; and
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| WHEREAS, Wilbur Meyer will be remembered by all who knew |
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| and loved him as a loving father and husband, a veteran of |
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| World War II, and a kind and hard-working member of his |
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| community; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Wilbur |
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| Allen Meyer; and be it further
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