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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Peter Francis Schopen Sr. of McHenry, who
4passed away on August 12, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Peter Schopen Sr. was born in Evanston to Peter N.
6and Eugenia (Lundy) Schopen on October 20, 1946; he attended
7St. Joseph Grade School and later entered the United States
8Army as a Paratrooper in January of 1964, achieving the rank of
9Sergeant E5; he married Sandra Firestone at St. Monica Church
10in Carpentersville on August 12, 1978; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Peter Schopen Sr. worked for Orkin, where he
12became one of the top salesman in the entire country; pest
13control became his passion, and in 1974, he started the
14Algonquin-based Mid Central Pest Control, which became one of
15the most successful pest control companies in the Chicagoland
16region for over 40 years; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Peter Schopen Sr. was a member of Holy Apostles
18Catholic Church; he flew hand gliders and ultralight airplanes;
19he was an expert fisherman, an avid golfer, and a top bowler;
20he was a member of the VFW and the Lake in the Hills Lions Club;
21and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Peter Schopen Sr. was preceded in death by his
2parents and his sister, Lois Constance; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Peter Schopen Sr. is survived by his wife, Sandy;
4his children, Brenda (Joe) Sparks, Pete (Tami) Schopen, Sonja
5Schopen, Anita (Mark) Pomazak, Dayle Schopen, Drake (Josie)
6Schopen, and Eric (Joanna) Schopen Sr.; his grandchildren,
7Peter (Trey) Schopen III, Caleb Schopen, Candace Lane, Hillary
8Knaack, Julia Schopen, Eric Schopen Jr., Dylan Schopen, Alex
9Pomazak, Abbie Childs, Nikki Pomazak, Luc Pomazak, Josh Smoot,
10Kayla Smoot, Ethan Marx, Kassie Marx, Alicia Marx, Thylor
11Schopen, Parys Schopen, Willie Gonzales Jr., Alonso Gonzales,
12and Grace Schopen; his great-grandchildren, Brendan Lane, Emma
13Knaack, Victoria Schopen, and Eric Channing Schopen III; his
14siblings, Virginia Spellman, Dan Schopen, Charlene Sepsey, and
15Eugene Schopen; and his best friend, Pat Carpenter; therefore,
16be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
18ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
19Peter Francis Schopen Sr., and extend our sincere condolences
20to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be
21it further
 
22    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
23presented to the family of Peter Schopen Sr. as an expression

 

 

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1of our deepest sympathy.