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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Marvin "Marv" J. Dahlhauser of East
4Moline, who passed away on December 5, 2020; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Marv Dahlhauser was born to Peter and Josephine
6(Elbert) Dahlhauser in Tallulah, Louisiana on March 22, 1933,
7and his family moved to Whittemore, Iowa shortly after his
8birth; he graduated from Presentation Academy in Whittemore in
91951, where he was an outstanding baseball and basketball star;
10he attended Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa for two years before
11enlisting in the U.S. Army; he served in Korea for two years;
12after returning from Korea and using the GI Bill, he graduated
13from the University of Iowa in 1958 with a major in accounting;
14he married Bernadette Huber in Aitkin, Minnesota on August 22,
151959; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Marv Dahlhauser worked for Deere & Company as a
17traveling auditor and moved from dealership to dealership for
18three months at a time; after 28 years in various positions at
19Deere, he retired in 1986 and worked part time as an income tax
20preparer; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Marv Dahlhauser was a man of great faith and an
22active member at St. Anne's Catholic Church in East Moline;

 

 

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1there, he served as a trustee, finance manager, money counter,
2and as a Eucharistic minister; he also enjoyed volunteering,
3including helping the elderly with their finances and taking
4nursing home residents to Catholic Mass; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Marv Dahlhauser was a member of the Knights of
6Columbus, the American Legion, Catholic Foresters, Korean War
7Veterans, and the Quad City Cribbage Club; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Marv Dahlhauser enjoyed working in his yard and
9garden, playing golf, and reaching his daily step goal at the
10local grocery store; he loved playing cards, especially bridge,
11which he also taught; he will be remembered as an energetic,
12personable, joy-filled extrovert; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Marv Dahlhauser was preceded in death by his
14parents; his brothers, Paul, Henry, Edward, Pete, and James;
15and his sisters, Agnes, Helen, Jodie, Marie, Margie, and Angie;
16and
 
17    WHEREAS, Marv Dahlhauser is survived by his wife of 61
18years; his three children, Karl (Pamela) Dahlhauser, Keith
19Dahlhauser, and Kate (Richard) Pickett; his eight
20grandchildren, Benjamin, Grant, Thomas (Megan), Helen, and
21Sylvia Dahlhauser and Ashley, Alexander, and Andrew Pickett;
22his one brother, Arthur Dahlhauser; and his many nieces and

 

 

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1nephews; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
4Marvin "Marv" J. Dahlhauser and extend our sincere condolences
5to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be
6it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of Marv Dahlhauser as an expression of
9our deepest sympathy.