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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Wilbert Henry Gerrish of Woodstock, who 
4passed away on August 7, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Wilbert Gerrish was born in Chicago to Karlton and 
6Clara (Parnitke) Gerrish on May 7, 1929; he joined the United 
7States Army at 17 and served during the Korean War; he married 
8Jeanette Watts; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Wilbert Gerrish was a 12-year resident of Rogers 
10Park; he moved to McHenry for 20 years and then to Woodstock in 
112013; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Wilbert Gerrish owned and operated a Chicago 
13restaurant for two years; he spent 15 years as a Chicago 
14Transit Authority (CTA)  bus driver, 12 years as a CTA motorman, 
15and seven years as a CTA motorman instructor; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Wilbert Gerrish enjoyed World War II history and 
17collecting soldier figurines; he and his wife were avid square 
18dancers and members of the Woodstock Squares; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Wilbert Gerrish was preceded in death by his 
20parents; his siblings, Helen, Naomi, and James Gerrish; and his 
 
 
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1stepchildren, Anne Carpenter and Laura Von Hoffen; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Wilbert Gerrish is survived by  his wife, Jeanette; 
3his three children, Kevin (Linda) Gerrish, Ellen (Dave) Holst, 
4and Ann (Jeff) McGinnis; his stepchildren, William Von Hoffen, 
5Ruth Minarcik, Cathy Holms, Robert Von Hoffen, and Christine 
6Claus; his grandchildren, Brian, Nicholas, and Christopher 
7Chiodo, Sean and Kelly Gerrish, Scott McGinnis, Rachel Holst, 
8Tracy and Scott Batdorf, Angela and Robert DiNardo, Kyle 
9Minarcik, and Spencer and Kaitlyn Gonzalez; and three 
10great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
12ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
13Wilbert Henry Gerrish, and extend our sincere condolences to 
14his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
15further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to  the family of  Wilbert Gerrish as an expression of 
18our deepest sympathy.