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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Robert F. Brummel of Yorkville, who
4passed away on January 1, 2012; and
 
5    WHEREAS, He was born May 9, 1931 in Aurora, the son of Leo
6J. and Gertrude (Modaff) Brummel; he received the State Farmers
7Degree Award in high school; he farmed in Rochester, Wisconsin
8after serving in the United States Army from December 8, 1953
9to 1955, stationed in Germany; he married Patricia Kammes on
10November 29, 1958; and
 
11    WHEREAS, In 1962, they moved to a farm south of Yorkville;
12in 1949, with the help of his brothers, they built seed
13cleaners for Brummel Seed Cleaning and built a strong business,
14of which he was owner and operator for 56 years; and
 
15    WHEREAS, He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church of
16Plano, where he was an usher and a member of the Holy Name
17Society, for which he supplied sweet corn for its annual Steak
18Fry; he was a member of the Yorkville Moose and Plano's
19American Legion; and
 
20    WHEREAS, He served as the director of the Yorkville
21Farmer's Elevator, the Kentland Elevator, and Grainco F/S; as a

 

 

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1member of the Kendall County Farm Bureau, he was President for
27 years and served on the Board of Directors for 8 years; he
3was instrumental in starting the Farm Bureau Scholarship
4Program; and
 
5    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Leo and
6Gertrude; his sister, Barbara and her husband, Richard Koretke;
7and his brother, Henry and his wife, Margaret; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Robert Brummel is survived by his wife, Patricia;
9their children, James, Joanne (Roger) Kyrouac, Janelle (Tom)
10Weber, Gerald, Kenneth (Kay), Carole (John) Steagall, Connie
11(Gregg) Schoenrade, and Colleen (Robert Jr) Browning; their
12grandchildren, Randall and Hannah Brummel, Robert and Matthew
13Kyrouac, Paul (Sonya) and Michael Weber, Aidan Brummel,
14Richard, Laura, Susan, Rachel, and Thomas Brummel, Kendrick and
15Katherine Steagall, James, Joseph, and Jennifer Schoenrade,
16and Robert III and Teage Browning; his brothers, Leo (Delores),
17Nick (Loretta), Ed (MaryAnn), and Richard (Alice); and his
18sister, Mary ( Robert) Kammes; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
21his family and friends, the passing of Robert Brummel; and be
22it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Robert Brummel as a symbol of our
3sincere sympathy.