SR1090LRB099 14441 MST 38547 r

1
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
 

 

 

SR1090- 2 -LRB099 14441 MST 38547 r

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.