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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 James E. "Jim" Plocher of Highland, who |
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| passed away on April 18, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, James Plocher was born on October 1, 1948 in |
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| Highland;
Mr. Plocher was a graduate of St. Paul High School in |
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| Highland and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where |
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| he worked on a Dairy Test Farm and as "Sandwich Man"; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduating, he helped on the Dairy Farm of |
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| Clarence and Ruth Korte for a short time; he was then employed |
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| by the U of I Extension Service in Kankakee County for four |
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| years as assistant farm advisor; he then worked as an agent for |
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| Country Companies from 1975 to 1987; he was hired by Mariah |
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| Boats in Benton, and worked there from 1987 to 1998; he |
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| returned to Highland in January 1998 and was a financial |
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| representative for Northwestern Mutual Financial Network until |
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| his passing; and
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| WHEREAS,
He was a fourth degree member of Highland Council |
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| 1580 Knights of Columbus, serving as grand knight from 2003 to |
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| 2005; Highland Rotary Club member; St. Paul Educational |
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| Foundation board member; Highland Area Community Foundation |
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| board member; and an AALU (Association of Advanced Life |
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| Underwriters) NAIFA (National Association of Insurance |
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| Financial Advisors) member; he was a lector at St. Paul Church; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He enjoyed golf, Cardinals ballgames, gardening, |
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| Harley riding, boating, playing bridge, and spending time with |
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| his family and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, James Plocher is survived by his wife, Kaye, nee |
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| Nagel, Plocher, whom he married on August 24, 1968, at St. Paul |
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| Church in Highland; his children, Jennifer K. (Tim) Whitten, |
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| Matthew James (Justine) Plocher, and Edwin Joseph Plocher; his |
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| grandchildren, Samantha Grace and Lukas James Whitten and |
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| Claudia and Matthew James Plocher II; his parents, Edwin A. and |
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| Ann W., nee Korte, Plocher; his brothers, Gene (Jane) Plocher, |
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| Chuck (Yvonne) Plocher, David (Mary) Plocher, Bob (Mitzi) |
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| Plocher, and Mark (Laurie) Plocher; his sisters, Pat (John) |
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| Hoffman, Marilyn (Tommie) Newman, and Carol (Mike) Henschen; |
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| his mother-in-law, Ruth Nagel; his sisters-in-law, Joyce (Ron) |
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| Tebbe and Lynn (Dr. James) Rehberger; and his many uncles, |
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| aunts, nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 James Plocher; and be it |
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| further
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