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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Donald R. "Don" Gavers of Woodstock, who 
4passed away on September 2, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Don Gavers was born in Chicago on March 22, 1936 
6to Otto and Ann (nee DeVogelaere) Gavers; he served with the 
782nd Airborne Division, stationed in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina; 
8he married Sally Schumacher on October 21, 1961 and they 
9settled in Woodstock; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Don Gavers was President and founder of Gavers 
11Asphalt, Paving, & Excavation Company, established in 1969; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Don Gavers' hobbies included a love of tractors, 
13right down to riding his John Deere mower;  equipment auctions 
14and estate sales were among some of his past times; most Sunday 
15mornings he could be found holding a meeting at a local coffee 
16shop with his "cronies" and lifelong business partner and best 
17friend, Billy Hansen; he was a lifetime member of Woodstock 
18Moose Lodge 1329; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Don Gavers was preceded in death by his parents; 
20his 2  brothers, Bill Gavers and Joe Gavers; and his 2 nieces; 
21and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Don Gavers is survived by his wife, Sally Gavers; 
2his 2 sons, Steve "Hozy" (Diane) Gavers and  Dan "Digger" 
3Gavers; his  step-granddaughter, Ashley Ackerman; his siblings, 
4Bob "Louie" (Lucille) Gavers, Jim "Red" (Margaret) Gavers, Jeff 
5(Judy) Gavers, Eugene Gavers, David Gavers, Genevieve (Joe) 
6O'Herron, and Terry (Ellen) Gavers; and many nieces and 
7nephews; therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
10Donald R. "Don" Gavers, and extend our sincere condolences to 
11his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
12further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to  the family of  Don Gavers as an expression of our 
15deepest sympathy.