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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| were saddened to learn of the death of Wayne Harms of |
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| Carlinville on January 1, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Harms was born on August 26, 1917, in Atwater |
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| to Otto C. and Sadie M. Cogswell Harms; he married A. Kathleen |
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| Rhodes in 1948 in Carlinville; she preceded him in death in |
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| 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Harms graduated from Carlinville High School |
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| in 1936 and farmed north of Carlinville, retiring in 1997; he |
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| was a United States Army veteran of World War II; he trained on |
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| a radar unit in the South Pacific for early aircraft warning |
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| system and earned the rank of sergeant; he also served with the |
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| occupational force in Japan; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Harms was a member of St. Paul's United Church |
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| of Christ in Carlinville, the Macoupin County Farm Bureau, and |
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| the Macoupin County Fair Board from 1955-1997, where he was an |
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| honorary board member; he was a board member of Guy Baird |
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| American Legion Post 554 and MJM Electric for 20 years, where |
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| he was a past president; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Wayne Harms will be deeply felt by |
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| many, especially his sons, Keith (wife, Gale) Harms and Jeff |
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| (wife, Rhonda) Harms; his daughters, Karen (husband, Bob) Osmoe |
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| and Marsha (husband, Steve) Wright; his seven grandchildren; |
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| his three step-grandchildren; his two great-grandchildren; his |
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| three step-great-grandchildren; his sisters, Bernice Peebles |
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| and Ilene (husband, Russell) Hammann; and his several nieces |
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| and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of |