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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of William G. Schutz of Westmont, who passed |
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| away on January 1, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Schutz retired in 1993 after 29 years with the |
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| William Wrigley Company as director of Corporate Technical |
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| Liaison worldwide; he was a registered professional engineer |
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| with a degree in mechanical engineering; he joined General |
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| Electric Company as a machine engineer in 1958, Continental Can |
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| Company in 1961 as design engineer, and American Can Company in |
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| 1964 as project engineer; and
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| WHEREAS, He was affiliated with fraternities Sigma Phi |
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| Delta, Tau Beta Pi, Tau Sigma, and Pi Mu Epsilon;
Mr. Schutz |
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| attended Diaconate studies at St. Raymond's Cathedral in Joliet |
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| and was active in church and village affairs; he was a |
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| candidate for village trustee in 1973 for the then Civic |
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| Association of Westmont party; he served as president for the |
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| Holy Trinity Catholic School Board Parish, volunteered several |
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| years as CCD teacher, served on the RCIA committee at Holy |
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| Trinity, and served as Eucharistic Minister for his parish as |
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| well as nursing homes; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Schutz attended Naval Officer Candidate |
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| School and graduated as second highest from the 6th Naval |
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| Atomic, Biological, and Chemical Defense Course at Fort |
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| McClellan, Alabama; he was assigned as Assistant to the |
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| Director of Public Works Administration Command, United States |
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| Naval Training Center, Great Lakes; he received his commission |
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| to London, England, for a nine-month tour of duty as first |
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| lieutenant in the Civil Engineer Corps; thereafter, he served |
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| in inactive Reserve; and
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| WHEREAS,
Mr. Schutz's interests were classic cars, |
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| especially his 1956 Chevy Nomad wagon, American history, |
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| photography, classical music, oil painting, biking, and |
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| travel; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond |
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| and Lucille; and his brother, Frederick; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of William Schutz will be deeply felt |
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| by his wife, Jeanette, nee Ruplinger; his son, Daniel; his |
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| daughter, Donna Palm; and his grandchildren, Deaven and Jimmy |
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| Palm, Danny, Michael, Christina, and Gina; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of William G. Schutz; and |
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| be it further
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