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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Stephen H. "Steve" Bauer of Urbana, who 
4passed away on November 30, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Stephen Bauer was born in Denver, Colorado to 
6Clifford and Dorothy Bauer on June 24, 1947; he married Linda 
7in Greeley, Colorado in June of 1969; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Stephen Bauer began his journalism career in 1970 
9as a writer for the Greeley (Colorado) Tribune; he moved his 
10family to Urbana in 1979, where he became a reporter for the 
11Champaign News-Gazette; he won Colorado and Illinois Press 
12Association awards for photography and investigative 
13reporting; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Stephen Bauer retired in 2010; he loved spending 
15time with his family and enjoyed writing prose and poetry, 
16reading Civil War history, and collecting vintage Kodak 
17cameras; his constant companions were "The Bauer dogs", Sam, 
18Lilo, and Benji, who were always sitting in his lap in his 
19recliner taking  naps or going with him for walks during the 
20day; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, Stephen Bauer was preceded in death by his parents 
 
 
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1and his sister, Donna Brotherton; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Stephen Bauer is survived by his wife, Linda 
3Bauer; his daughters, Shoshanna Bauer (Michael Bohlmann), and 
4Katrina (Jeremy) Tauba Fitzig; his grandchildren, Sophia 
5Bauer-Macareg, and Yosef, Hana, and Eda Fitzig; his brother, 
6Randy Bauer; his nephews, Nathan and Matthew Bauer; his 
7grandnephew, Noah; and his grandniece, Emi; 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 
10Stephen H. "Steve" Bauer, 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  Stephen Bauer as an expression of 
15our deepest sympathy.