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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 Charles Patrick Bohn of Alton, who passed |
| 4 | | away on January 30, 2014; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Charles Bohn was born on December 3, 1947 in |
| 6 | | Litchfield; his parents were Joseph William and Catherine (nee |
| 7 | | Sackach) Bohn; he married Barbara "Bunny" Gross on April 24, |
| 8 | | 1971 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Charles Bohn served his country as a member of the |
| 10 | | United States Marine Corps; he was a recipient of a Purple |
| 11 | | Heart for his service during the Vietnam War; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Charles Bohn retired from Olin Corporation after |
| 13 | | many years of service; he was a member of the Carpenter Local |
| 14 | | 377 in Wood River; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Charles Bohn was a member of St. Mary's Catholic |
| 16 | | Church in Alton; he was a lifetime member of the Alton Veterans |
| 17 | | of Foreign Wars Post 1308, a lifetime member of the Purple |
| 18 | | Heart Society, a member of the Alton Eagles Lodge 254, a |
| 19 | | volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club in Alton, and a volunteer |
| 20 | | at the YWCA; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Charles Bohn was a loyal St. Louis Cardinals |
| 2 | | Baseball fan and Notre Dame Football fan; he also enjoyed |
| 3 | | gardening, cooking, baking, and fishing; he volunteered his |
| 4 | | carpentry skills to everyone and helped rebuild the Lodge at |
| 5 | | the Nature Institute in Godfrey; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Charles Bohn was preceded in death his parents and |
| 7 | | his brothers, John and Joe Bohn; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Charles Bohn is survived by his wife, Barbara; his |
| 9 | | children and their spouses, Jennifer and Joseph Rister, Patrick |
| 10 | | and Amy Bohn, and Natalie Bohn (fiance, Kevin Young); his |
| 11 | | grandchildren, Paige, Brooke, and Morgan Rister and Haley and |
| 12 | | Hadley Bohn; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Barbara Bohn, Ed |
| 13 | | and Kema Bohn, and Philip and Donna Bohn; and his sisters and |
| 14 | | brothers-in-law, Madeline and James Haine and Anne and Terry |
| 15 | | Jensen; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
| 18 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Charles Patrick Bohn; |
| 19 | | and be it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Charles Bohn as an expression of our |
| 22 | | sympathy.
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