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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Robert L. Henke of Edwardsville, who
4passed away on November 11, 2011; and
 
5    WHEREAS, He was born February 21, 1949, in Granite City,
6and was the son of the late Stephen M. and Esther (Cell) Henke;
7he married Ethel N. Zeller on June 18, 1970; and
 
8    WHEREAS, He was a veteran of the United States Navy serving
9from 1967 to 1971; he retired as a captain with the Madison
10County Sheriff's Department where he worked for 33 years; upon
11his retirement, he went to work for the Illinois Department of
12Corrections as a parole supervisor; and
 
13    WHEREAS, He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in
14Edwardsville; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Bob was preceded in death by a brother, Ronald
16Henke; and a sister, Barbara Henke; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Robert Henke is survived by his wife, Ethel; his
18son, Brian Henke and his wife, Tara, and his daughter, Lisa
19Henke; his grandchildren, Lucas Henke and Reese Mersinger; and
20his brother, Stephen Michael Henke and wife, Carol; therefore,

 

 

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