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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Elmer W. Johnson of Orion, who passed 
4away on  June 7, 2020; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Elmer Johnson was born in Geneseo to Knute and 
6Oliva Karlson Johnson on August 14, 1922; he served in the U.S. 
7Marine Corp for four years and was stationed in the  Pacific 
8theater at Peleliu and Okinawa; he received two Purple Hearts 
9during World War II; he married Mary Frances Cook at Beulah 
10Presbyterian Church in Orion on November 30, 1947; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Elmer Johnson worked as an assembler, repairer, 
12and painter at I.H. Farmall Works for 38 years; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Elmer Johnson was a member of St. Paul Lutheran 
14Church in  Orion; he was on the St. Paul Lutheran Property 
15Committee Cemetery Board for six years and  was active in the 
16American Legion; he was a member of the VFW and the local 1506 
17UAW Union; he was a Little League coach for Orion and visited 
18all 50 states with his wife; he loved to paint during his 
19retirement; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Elmer Johnson was preceded in death by his 
21parents; his sister, Margaret Johnson Hertz; his brothers, Carl 
 
 
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1and L. Willard Johnson; and his daughter-in-law, Phyllis 
2Johnson; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Elmer Johnson is survived by his wife, Mary; his 
4children, Thomas Johnson, Daniel (Karen) Johnson, Marty 
5(Suzanne) Johnson, and Malia (Steve Knochenmus) Owens; his 
6half-brothers, Andy and Leonard Johnson; his half-sisters, 
7Evelyn Schollerman and Iris Hamilton; his grandchildren, Kelly 
8(Scott) Peterson, Kevin (Emily) Johnson, Sarah (Eoin) Walsh, 
9Corey Johnson, Ashley (Tyler) Horberg, and Destiny Knochenmus; 
10and his great-grandchildren, Kody and Bryan Peterson and Kyah 
11and Kile Johnson; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
14Elmer W. Johnson and extend our sincere condolences to his 
15family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
16further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to  the family of  Elmer Johnson as an expression of 
19our deepest sympathy.