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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Robbie C. Shoemaker Heitzman of Moline, |
4 | | who passed away on August 29, 2017; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Robbie Heitzman was born in Nashville, Tennessee |
6 | | to Pallie Pack and Charlie Morris on July 9, 1924; she moved to |
7 | | Chicago at the age of three with her mother and graduated from |
8 | | South Shore High School; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Robbie Heitzman worked for the New York Central |
10 | | Railroad before joining the United States Navy WAVES (Women |
11 | | Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War II |
12 | | serving in communication intelligence as a telegrapher 3rd |
13 | | class; after her discharge in 1946, she attended the University |
14 | | of Illinois; she married George Shoemaker Jr. in Chicago on |
15 | | June 14, 1947; and
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16 | | WHEREAS, Robbie Heitzman worked with her husband in the |
17 | | home building industry, where she decorated many show houses; |
18 | | she later worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers |
19 | | in the Contracting Division, retiring in 1990; she founded a |
20 | | catering service from which she retired in 1999; after the |
21 | | passing of her first husband, she married Dale Heitzman in Rock |
22 | | Island on July 17, 1999; and |