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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply |
| 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of Bob G. Churchich of |
| 4 | | Edwardsville, who passed away on July 24, 2012; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bob Churchich was born on September 7, 1928, in |
| 6 | | Alton, to Nick and Helen Marie (Dugan) Churchich; he married |
| 7 | | Jeanie Beiser on July 22, 1945; he married Ruth (Frey) Straube |
| 8 | | on October 28, 1989; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Bob Churchich worked for the Standard Oil Company |
| 10 | | in Wood River; in 1958, he was hired by the Alton Police |
| 11 | | Department, serving as corporal, sergeant, and lieutenant; he |
| 12 | | became police chief of Hartford in May 1980, and retired in |
| 13 | | 1986; he was elected Madison County Sheriff in 1986, and |
| 14 | | retired in 2002; he served on the Madison County Board from |
| 15 | | 1984 to 1986; he was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church |
| 16 | | in Edwardsville; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Bob Churchich was preceded in death by his |
| 18 | | parents, Nick and Helen Churchich; his wife, Jeanie Beiser; and |
| 19 | | his sister-in-law, Joan Accario; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Bob Churchich is survived by his wife, Ruth |
| 21 | | Straube; his daughters, Carolyn (Tom) Fahnestock and Deborah |