Full Text of HR0947 94th General Assembly
HR0947 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
HR0947 |
|
LRB094 19592 LCT 55787 r |
|
| 1 |
| HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to express their sincere condolences to | 4 |
| the family and friends of John C. Kriegsman of Pekin, who | 5 |
| passed away on October 13, 2005; and
| 6 |
| WHEREAS, John Kriegsman was born on July 31, 1912, in | 7 |
| Peoria, to Philip J. and Emma Tapping Kriegsman; he married | 8 |
| Juanita Martin on January 6, 1940; and
| 9 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Kriegsman attended the University of | 10 |
| Illinois; and
| 11 |
| WHEREAS, John Kriegsman was a World War II veteran, serving | 12 |
| from May 12, 1941 to March 10, 1946, with the 77th Infantry | 13 |
| Division Artillery; he was stationed in the Asiatic Pacific | 14 |
| Theater from March 30, 1944 to November 12, 1945, where he was | 15 |
| an Air Observation Pilot; he attained the rank of major and | 16 |
| flew planes from land bases and LST ships; he participated in | 17 |
| the Guam, Leyte, and Okinawa campaigns, receiving the Silver | 18 |
| Star, American Theater Campaign Ribbon, American Defense | 19 |
| Service Ribbon, Asiatic Pacific Theater Campaign Ribbon with 3 | 20 |
| Bronze Stars, Bronze Arrowhead, Philippine Liberation Ribbon | 21 |
| with Bronze Star, and Victory Medal; and
| 22 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Kriegsman was chairman of the board of | 23 |
| Kriegsman Warehouses in Pekin; he was also an active member in | 24 |
| his community; he belonged to the William Schafer Post 44 of | 25 |
| the American Legion and he was a founding member of the Pekin | 26 |
| Civic Chorus; he was a member of the Rotary Club of Pekin since | 27 |
| 1946, serving as a past president and was a Paul Harris Fellow; | 28 |
| and he was a member of the Empire Lodge 126 AF&AM Scottish Rite | 29 |
| Bodies Valley of Peoria, Mohammed Temple Shrine, and the | 30 |
| Lakeside Cemetery Association; and
|
|
|
|
HR0947 |
- 2 - |
LRB094 19592 LCT 55787 r |
|
| 1 |
| WHEREAS, He founded Pekin's annual 4th of July fireworks, | 2 |
| was involved in various transportation clubs in the Pekin area, | 3 |
| and was a past president of the Pekin Chamber of Commerce and | 4 |
| the vice-president of the State Chamber of Commerce in 1956; he | 5 |
| was a member of the Pekin Community High School Board; and he | 6 |
| served in the State House of Representatives in 1973; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, John Kriegsman was also active in his faith; he | 8 |
| was a life-long member of Grace United Methodist Church, where | 9 |
| he served on various boards and sang in the church choir for | 10 |
| more than 70 years; he was a member of the Methodist Men and | 11 |
| was a Sunday School teacher; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Kriegsman loved to drive and probably received | 13 |
| more speeding tickets than anyone; he even received two tickets | 14 |
| on the same day in the same town; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, He is preceded in death by his wife, his brother, | 16 |
| and his two sisters; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of John C. Kriegsman will be felt by | 18 |
| all who knew and loved him, especially his sons, John M. | 19 |
| Kriegsman, James W.C. (Sandy) Kriegsman, and A. Richard (Nancy) | 20 |
| Kriegsman; his two grandsons; and his two granddaughters; | 21 |
| therefore, be it
| 22 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 24 |
| we mourn, along with all who knew and loved him, the death of | 25 |
| John C. Kriegsman; and be it further
| 26 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 27 |
| presented to the family of John C. Kriegsman as an expression | 28 |
| of our sympathy.
|
|