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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Arthur F. Wendler, Sr., of Edwardsville,
4 who passed away on May 14, 2010; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born July 19, 1922, in St. Jacob, the son
6 of the late Moritz and Lena (Busse) Wendler; and
 
7     WHEREAS, He practiced law in the Troy and Edwardsville area
8 for 61 years, many of those years from his law office in Troy;
9 he tried a case before the Supreme Court in 1993; and
 
10     WHEREAS, He was a B-24 pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps
11 during World War II; he was a member of the Illinois Bar
12 Association, the American Bar Association, American Legion
13 Post 708 in Troy, and Eden United Church of Christ in
14 Edwardsville; he was a graduate of the University of Illinois
15 School of Law in 1948; and
 
16     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his two sisters and
17 nine brothers; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Arthur Wendler Sr. is survived by his son, Eric
19 Wendler and his wife, Tricia; his grandchildren, Elaine Renee
20 Wendler and Noah Wendler; and his brother, Herb Wendler;

 

 

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1 therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
3 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
4 his family and friends, the passing of Arthur F. Wendler, Sr.;
5 and be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of Arthur Wendler, Sr. as a symbol of
8 our sincere sympathy.