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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 Neal W. Schwartzkopf of Alton, who passed |
| 4 | | away on August 1, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Neal Schwartzkopf was born in St. Louis, Missouri |
| 6 | | on January 31, 1926 to Clarence and Marie (nee Bladt) |
| 7 | | Schwartzkopf; he attended Alton public schools and graduated |
| 8 | | from Alton High in 1944; after graduation, he enlisted in the |
| 9 | | United States Army Air Corps, where he gained the rank of Staff |
| 10 | | Sergeant with the 498th Bomb Group, 875th Bomb Squad, and |
| 11 | | Regiment 73rd Wing; he was a tailgunner with the B29 Flying |
| 12 | | Fortress, stationed in Saipan; he returned home in 1946 and |
| 13 | | enrolled in Shurtleff College (SIU Alton), where he earned a |
| 14 | | bachelor's degree in business; in 1947, he married Kathleen |
| 15 | | Fahrig; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Neal Schwartzkopf spent years working for |
| 17 | | Standard Duplicators; he then established the Schwartzkopf |
| 18 | | Printing Co. in 1972 as a family business; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Neal Schwartzkopf was a lifelong member of St. |
| 20 | | Mary's Parish in Alton, where he was on the parish board and |
| 21 | | sang in the choir; he loved music and played both the clarinet |
| 22 | | and saxophone; he played the clarinet in the Alton Community |
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| 1 | | Band and the New Horizons Band in Alton; while living in Fort |
| 2 | | Meyers, Florida, he played in the Lee County Community Band and |
| 3 | | the Sanibel Island Band; he was a longtime member of Alton |
| 4 | | Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1308 and was a former member of |
| 5 | | the American Legion in Fort Meyers; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, After the passing of his wife, Kathleen, Neal |
| 7 | | Schwartzkopf married Jane Moylan in November of 1999; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Neal Schwartzkopf was preceded in death by his |
| 9 | | parents; his first wife, of over 50 years, Katie; his 2 sons, |
| 10 | | Mark and Tom; his grandson, David Schroeder; and his |
| 11 | | son-in-law, Rich Ogburn; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Neal Schwartzkopf is survived by his second wife, |
| 13 | | Jane (nee Moylan); his 3 daughters, Christine (Michael) |
| 14 | | Galligan, Teresa (Michael) Dressel, and Amy Ogburn; his son, |
| 15 | | Jim (Donna) Schwartzkopf; his daughter-in-law, Marie (Mark) |
| 16 | | Schwartzkopf; his 4 stepchildren, Michael (Suzie) Moylan, |
| 17 | | Larry Moylan, Kathleen Buck, and Connie (Bob) Schneider; his 29 |
| 18 | | grandchildren; and his 19 great-grandchildren; therefore, be |
| 19 | | it
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 22 | | Neal W. Schwartzkopf, and extend our sincere condolences to his |