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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Gerald Dean Augsburger of Normal, who 
4passed away on October 3, 2019; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Dean Augsburger was born in Flanagan to Elmer and 
6Mabel Yordy Augsburger on September 16, 1921; he served in the 
7U.S. Army during World War II in Europe and spent three 
8consecutive birthdays far from home; at the end of the war, he 
9was stationed near his family's ancestral home in Germany; he 
10married Mary Etta Campbell in Pontiac on May 21, 1949; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Dean Augsburger owned his own plumbing business in 
12Flanagan until the early 1970s, when he moved to 
13Bloomington-Normal and partnered with his brother Joseph at 
14Augsburger Plumbing; he continued to work in the plumbing trade 
15until his late 80s; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Dean Augsburger's outside interests included golf 
17and following the Chicago Bears; he doted on his grandchildren 
18and spent countless hours with them; he was proud to be an 
19American and flew the U.S. flag wherever he lived; he was a 
20member of First United Methodist Church in Normal and several 
21fraternal and service organizations during his years in 
22Flanagan; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Dean Augsburger was preceded in death by his wife, 
2Mary; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Dean Augsburger is survived by his children, 
4Jeffrey (Barbara) and Dennis Augsburger; his  grandchildren, 
5Brad (Amy Harrison) Augsburger and Laurel (Aaron) Davis; and 
6his siblings, Delbert and Donald Augsburger and Florence 
7Bryant; therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
10Gerald Dean Augsburger and extend our sincere condolences to 
11his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
12further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to  the family of  Dean Augsburger as an expression of 
15our deepest sympathy.