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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 Louis Enke of Bunker Hill; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Louis Enke was born on April 12, 1919 in Bunker |
| 5 | | Hill; his parents were Louis G. Enke and Rose (nee Strecker); |
| 6 | | he married Pauline (nee Bertels) Enke on November 16, 1947 at |
| 7 | | Emmaus Lutheran Church in Dorsey; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Louis Enke was a graduate of Bunker Hill High |
| 9 | | School; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Louis Enke worked as a dairy, swine, and grain |
| 11 | | farmer for many years; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Louis Enke served his country as a member of the |
| 13 | | United States Army during World War II from 1942 to 1945; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Louis Enke was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of |
| 15 | | Bunker Hill; he served in numerous leadership positions, |
| 16 | | including Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Trustee, LLL |
| 17 | | Representative, dart ball player, and the Men's Club, Kiwanis, |
| 18 | | and MJM Electric Cooperative boards; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Louis Enke was preceded in death by his parents |
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| 1 | | and 5 siblings, Lydia Weidner, Adele Enke, Darlene Hammond, |
| 2 | | Frank Enke, and Marian Enke; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Louis Enke is survived by his wife, Pauline; 3 |
| 4 | | children, Daryl (Sherri) Enke, Shirley (Rod) Maxwell, and Wayne |
| 5 | | (Tina) Enke; 9 grandchildren, Jennifer (Brian) Wilcoxson, |
| 6 | | Laura (Travis) Brown, Kari Enke, Hannah (Dan) Slimer, Sarah |
| 7 | | (Matthew) Lewis, Noah Enke, Kyle Maxwell, Beth (Chase) Kahl, |
| 8 | | and Haley Maxwell; and 8 great-grandchildren, Aidyn, Kyle, and |
| 9 | | Reagan Wilcoxson, Adelyn and Levi Slimer, Keren and Naomi |
| 10 | | Lewis, and Kinley Brown; therefore, be it
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| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
| 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Louis Enke; and be it |
| 14 | | further
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 16 | | presented to the family of Louis Enke as an expression of our |
| 17 | | sympathy.
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