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* As most of you know by now, Rep. Rich Myers passed away last night. Here are the arrangements…
The Myers family will receive friends at a visitation for State Representative Rich Myers from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, December 4 at the Scotland Trinity Presbyterian Church, 14950 North 900th Road in Macomb.
A Memorial Service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the University Union Grand Ballroom on the Campus of Western Illinois University.
Burial will follow at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Colchester. Mt. Auburn Cemetery is located in the north side of Colchester on the west side of the road to Argyle Lake.
Memorials can be made to Scotland Trinity Presbyterian Church, the McDonough District Hospital, and the Representative Rich Myers Agricultural Scholarship at Western Illinois University.
Those wishing to send flowers should have them delivered to the Scotland Trinity Presbyterian Church.
Rep. Myers’ obituary is here. Gov. Pat Quinn’s comments are here.
* The House wasn’t in session today, but Sen. John Sullivan delivered a heartfelt eulogy for Rep. Myers on the Senate floor…
* Sen. Dale Risinger also paid tribute to his friend…
* Like the headline says, Thursday was an emotional, sad day in the Senate. Sen. Mike Jacobs also rose to memorialize the late Joel Brunsvold…
* Sens. Willie Delgado and Mattie Hunter spoke about Rep. Myers, former Rep. Brunsvold and their own recent losses and gave thanks to their colleagues for their support during difficult times…
My heart goes out to them all.
* And Sen. Gary Dahl unexpectedly resigned today…
Gary Dahl abruptly resigned his seat in the Illinois Senate on Thursday.
The Granville Republican, who turns 70 on Sunday, leaves a two-year unexpired term that will be filled by appointment.
“I’m at a stage of my life where I’m thinking it’s time to spend more time with family and my business (Double D Express),” Dahl said. “After six years of serving in the state Senate (I was hoping) things would change down there but nothing has. I just feel it’s time to move on.”
Dahl said he’d contemplated resignation for some time but limited the discussion to family and staff. None of his peers were apprised of the decision prior to Thursday’s announcement. The decision, he said, was reinforced recently with the news that several lawmakers had passed away.
[Thanks to Illinois Statehouse News and BlueRoomStream.com for the videos today.]
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Dec 2, 10 @ 3:19 pm
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