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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Warren Louis Kammerer Jr. of St. Charles,
4who passed away on July 20, 2020; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Warren Kammerer was born to Warren Louis Kammerer
6Sr. and Lois Amelia (Campbell) Kammerer in Pecatonica on
7November 6, 1925; he attended the University of Illinois, where
8he studied business administration; college was interrupted
9when he enlisted in the Army toward the end of WWII; he was
10chosen for the O.S.S. Counter Intelligence Corps, a precursor
11to the C.I.A, and was stationed in occupied Osaka, Japan; after
12the war, he completed his degree in 1951; he married his wife
13Virginia in 1970; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Warren Kammerer started his lifelong career at
15Firestone in 1951; he started in Sales and worked his way up to
16managing his own store in St. Charles for over 30 years; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Warren Kammerer held positions on many civic and
18governmental committees, including being a delegate for the
191992 Republican National Convention; he was honored to be the
20first elected Chairman of the Kane County Board from 1990 to
211996, where he was instrumental in significant infrastructure
22and financial reforms; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, A charter member of Kiwanis International, Warren
2Kammerer was also a member of the VFW, Moose International, the
3National Exchange Club, the Playmakers community theater
4group, and various church committees; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Warren Kammerer loved photography, dancing,
6watching Illini and Packer football, cars, and car shows;
7family was everything to him; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Warren Kammerer was preceded in death by his
9parents; his siblings, Katherine (Donald) Bradley, Marjorie
10(Samuel) Castree, James (Joan) Kammerer, and Wayne Kammerer;
11and his grandson, Eric Kammerer; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Warren Kammerer is survived by his wife; his
13children, Ann Kammerer, Jill (David) Kammerer, Warren Kammerer
14III, Stephen Kammerer, Holly (Tom) Regelbrugge, Lauren
15(William) Pedersen, Jinny Gilgan, and Katy (Ryan) Carlson; his
16grandchildren, Lana Kammerer and Harry and Samuel Jaffe; his
17great-grandchildren, Anyssa Green and the soon to be Ethan
18Carlson; and his siblings, Joan (Robert) Lindquist, Nellie
19(Willis) Runne, and Phyllis (Fred) Peterson; therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
21ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

 

 

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1Warren Louis Kammerer Jr. and extend our sincere condolences to
2his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
3further
 
4    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5presented to the family of Warren Kammerer as an expression of
6our deepest sympathy.