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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Richard "Dick" Jaeger of Geneva, who
4passed away on January 24, 2012; and
 
5    WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of Geneva Illinois, he was
6educated at St. Patrick's grade school (St. Charles) and
7Marmion Military Academy; and
 
8    WHEREAS, As a young man he sang tenor in a barbershop
9quartet with his father and his 2 brothers; after service in
10the Army Air Force during World War II, he graduated from Loras
11College in Dubuque, Iowa, where he met and married his wife of
1262 years, Norma; and
 
13    WHEREAS, He was the Sales Manager of the Elmhurst Chicago
14Stone Company for 35 years and was past President of the
15Illinois Ready Mixed Concrete Association; and
 
16    WHEREAS, He was tireless in his involvement in his
17community and church, chiefly as a fundraiser; he was elected
18to the Geneva School Board and served on the Geneva History
19Center Board; he was a communicant of the old and new St. Peter
20Church in Geneva where he taught religious education for 17
21years; his love for his church was evidenced by countless hours

 

 

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1of service to St. Peter's; he was thrilled to have attended a
2Papal Mass in Rome with his wife and daughters; and
 
3    WHEREAS, He used his woodworking skills, first creating
4Christmas ornaments depicting historic buildings of Geneva
5that he and Norma used to help raise funds for the Geneva
6History Center and then began building model replicas of the
7buildings; these award-winning pieces of folk art, on display
8at the Geneva History Center, are a reminder of his affection
9for his hometown; and
 
10    WHEREAS, An avid sport fisherman, he traveled all over
11North America, as recently as this past summer, with his sons
12and close friends; and
 
13    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son, Steven; his
14parents, Justin and Blanche; his brother, Jack; and his
15sisters, Bette Koehler, Ann Cantrall, and Judy; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Richard Jaeger is survived by his wife, Norma; his
17children, Richard II, Sue (David Mitchell), J. Patrick (Julie),
18Nan (Richard Manning), Beth, Paula (Paul Pikowitz), and David
19(Theresa); his grandchildren, Ryan, Ashley, and Richard Jaeger
20III, Christopher, David, and Stephanie Mitchell, Madeline and
21Corinne Manning, and Grace Jaeger; his brother, Gene
22(Florence); his sister, Mary; and his sister-in-law Eleanor;

 

 

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1therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
4his family and friends, the passing of Richard Jaeger; and be
5it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7presented to the family of Richard Jaeger as a symbol of our
8sincere sympathy.