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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 
3to learn of the death of Roger Sobottka of East Moline, who 
4passed away on March 2, 2022; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Roger Sobottka was born to Henry Freida (Kempf) 
6Sobottka in Plum City, Wisconsin on March 1, 1934; he served 
7with the U.S. Army for three years; he married Yvonne Richards 
8Noll in Davenport, Iowa on May 22, 1982; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Roger Sobottka worked as a machinist for 
10International Harvester for 32 years, retiring in 1992; he was 
11later employed as a bus driver for United Township High School 
12from 1993 until 2003; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Roger Sobottka was a member of Faith Lutheran 
14Church and the Elks Lodge; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Roger Sobottka enjoyed playing golf, traveling, 
16and woodworking and  liked tending to his yard and his motor 
17home, snowbirding in Texas, and snowmobiling in Wisconsin; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Roger Sobottka was preceded in death by his 
19brothers, David (Val) Sobottka, Stanley Sobottka, and Dale 
20(Joyce) Sobottka, and his sisters, Carol (Burt) Huneke, 
 
 
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1Shirley Dodds, and Ellen (Gene) Kirchner; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Roger Sobottka is survived by his wife, Yvonne; 
3his children, Joy (Duane) Hill, JoAnne (Danny) Brunat, and 
4Julie (Mark) Larvenz; his stepson, Pete Noll III; his 
5grandchildren, Matt Miner, Michelle (Darrick) Calhoun, Deidra 
6(Mark) Landergren, Katie Hill, Keith Hill, and Cameron 
7VerBeke; his step-grandchildren, Pete Noll IV, Zachary Noll, 
8and Patrick Noll; his great-grandchildren, Aiden Hill and 
9Jameson Stokes; his sisters, Joyce Hawke and Janie Terpstra; 
10and his brother, Tom (Jane) Wider; therefore, be it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL 
12ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
13Roger Sobottka and extend our sincere
condolences to his 
14family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it 
15further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

17presented to the family of Roger Sobottka as an expression of

18our deepest sympathy.