Full Text of SR1642 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Merle David Engle of Bloomington, who | 4 | | passed away on April 18, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, David Engle was born in Bloomington to Merle M. | 6 | | and Helen (Anderson) Engle on March 22, 1943; he attended St. | 7 | | Mary's Elementary and graduated from Holy Trinity High School | 8 | | in 1961; he studied business at St. Ambrose College in | 9 | | Davenport, Iowa; he served in the United States Marine Corps | 10 | | Reserve from 1969 until 1971; he married Gala McConnell in Fort | 11 | | Myers, Florida on March 1, 2010; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, David Engle began his career as an insurance | 13 | | adjuster for Pekin Farmers Insurance and later in Yakima, | 14 | | Washington; he also worked for the GM&O railroad; however, he | 15 | | found a passion in sales and was the top salesman and business | 16 | | manager at Barker Oldsmobile and Thornton Motors; his success | 17 | | and independent spirit inspired him to purchase his own | 18 | | dealership, Auto World; in 1982, he partnered to operate the | 19 | | former Casella's as Casey Jones Lounge; by 1986, he was the | 20 | | sole proprietor and renamed the restaurant the Winner's Bar & | 21 | | Grill, and it was the oldest bar in town to be continually | 22 | | owned by the same person; he also owned the Park View Inn in | 23 | | the 1990s; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, David Engle was an avid golfer and earned many | 2 | | accolades, including a national-level championship at the | 3 | | Oldsmobile Scramble; he enjoyed spending the winter months in | 4 | | Florida with his wife, entertaining his family with magic | 5 | | tricks, and playing rummy and euchre with his friends and | 6 | | family; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, David Engle was preceded in death by his parents; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, David Engle was a loving husband to Gala; he was a | 10 | | dedicated brother to Jan Engle-Bandy and an uncle to her | 11 | | daughter, Julie Jenkins; he was a caring father to Ryan | 12 | | (Kristen) Engle, who are expecting their first child, and Brad | 13 | | Engle; he was a doting grandfather to Abigail and Adam Engle, | 14 | | the children of Ryan Engle and Vanessa Elder, and to Joey and | 15 | | Matthew Ploense and Faith Foster-Engle, the children of Brad | 16 | | Engle; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Merle David Engle and extend our sincere condolences to his | 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 21 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of David Engle as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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