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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Robert F. "Oly" Olson of Broadwell, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on January 9, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Robert Olson was born on June 8, 1930, in Lincoln; | ||||||
| 6 | his parents were Alfred and Mildred (Amberg) Olson; he married | ||||||
| 7 | Norma (Shorty) Jean Van Fossen on December 12, 1957; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Robert Olson was raised in Broadwell and attended | ||||||
| 9 | Elkhart Community High School; he subsequently attended the | ||||||
| 10 | University of Illinois through his junior year; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Robert Olson was a veteran of the Korean War, | ||||||
| 12 | having served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers from | ||||||
| 13 | 1951 to 1953; after obtained his basic training at Ft. Riley, | ||||||
| 14 | Kansas, he was stationed in Alaska; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, After his stint in the Army, Robert Olson worked | ||||||
| 16 | as a carpenter and operated a service station in Elkhart; after | ||||||
| 17 | college, he managed an office for the USDA in Belleville; in | ||||||
| 18 | 1960, an opportunity to return to farming in Logan County | ||||||
| 19 | presented itself and he began his career in "the best job" he | ||||||
| 20 | could ever want; he established a Farm Management Service and | ||||||
| 21 | managed farms for absentee landowners; he was also one of the | ||||||
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| 1 | founders of the Elkhart Community Bank and served on the Board | ||||||
| 2 | of Directors for the Elkhart and Illini Banks; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, In 1986, Robert Olson was appointed to fill a | ||||||
| 4 | vacancy as Representative in the Illinois General Assembly; | ||||||
| 5 | following his appointment, he served in the General Assembly | ||||||
| 6 | with distinction for 9 years until his retirement in 1994; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Robert Olson enjoyed working at his homestead in | ||||||
| 8 | Broadwell, gardening, reading, history, traveling the United | ||||||
| 9 | States, and collecting antiques; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Robert Olson was a member of Immanuel Lutheran | ||||||
| 11 | Church, Elkhart Legion Post 616, Lincoln Elks 914, and the 40 & | ||||||
| 12 | 8 Club; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Robert Olson is survived by his wife; his | ||||||
| 14 | children, Robert (Dee) Olson, Nancy (Kevin) Courtwright, Susan | ||||||
| 15 | (Bryan) Johnston, James (Ann) Olson, and Sandra Tiffany; his | ||||||
| 16 | grandchildren, Madeline Olson, Kasey and Kylie (Fricke) | ||||||
| 17 | Courtwright, Jason and Leslie (Pfeifer) Johnston, Abby, Jake, | ||||||
| 18 | and Betsy Olson, and Elaine, Sam, Will, and Adrienne Tiffany; | ||||||
| 19 | his great-grandchildren, Lexi Chambers, Kallie Courtwright, | ||||||
| 20 | and Nolan Pfeifer; his sister, Mary Ann (Verne) Garrison; and | ||||||
| 21 | his brother, David (Lois) Olson; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 3 | his family and friends, the passing of Robert F. "Oly" Olson; | ||||||
| 4 | and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the family of Robert F. "Oly" Olson as an | ||||||
| 7 | expression of our sympathy.
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