Bill Text: IL SR1119 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Russell Duane Poppy of Moline.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR1119 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR1119-Introduced.html
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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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