Full Text of HR1135 94th General Assembly
HR1135 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Fredric | 4 |
| Bente Selcke, former Clerk of the House of Representatives, on | 5 |
| Saturday, April 1, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on October 27, 1914, in St. Louis, | 7 |
| Missouri, to Rev. Benno H. and Frieda Bente Selcke; he married | 8 |
| the former Helen E. Culver of Indian Point on September 19, | 9 |
| 1942; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Selcke was educated in the Petersburg public | 11 |
| schools and graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston | 12 |
| in 1939 with a degree in business administration; and
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| WHEREAS, He valiantly served his country as a member of the | 14 |
| U.S. Army; he enlisted in 1942 and was discharged as a captain | 15 |
| in 1946; he served in the Philippines and was a member of the | 16 |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars; he was also a 60-year member of | 17 |
| American Legion Post 198 and a lifetime member of Bethlehem | 18 |
| Lutheran Church in Petersburg; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Selcke was active in Republican politics both | 20 |
| locally and statewide; he was a precinct committeeman for many | 21 |
| years and served as Republican County Chairman of Menard County | 22 |
| for eight years; he was elected Menard County Clerk in 1946 and | 23 |
| 1950; in February of 1953 he was appointed by then Governor | 24 |
| William G. Stratton as Superintendent of Registration for the | 25 |
| Illinois Department of Registration and Education; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1963, Mr. Selcke was elected Chief Clerk of the | 27 |
| Illinois House of Representatives and served ten years in that | 28 |
| capacity along with two years as Assistant Chief Clerk; in | 29 |
| 1973, as Chief Clerk, he was elected President of the American | 30 |
| Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretaries; he retired from |
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| state service in December of 1976; from 1977 to 1997, he worked | 2 |
| as a legislative consultant for several elected officials and | 3 |
| business organizations; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Fred Selcke has been deeply felt by | 5 |
| many, especially his wife of 63 years, Helen; his children, | 6 |
| Sandra S. (husband, Dr. Patrick) Bernardi and Stephen F. (wife, | 7 |
| Katherine) Selcke; his grandchildren, Ellye and Greg Bernardi, | 8 |
| and Ben, Dan, and Drew Selcke; his brother, Dr. Benno H. | 9 |
| Selcke, Jr.; his sister, Phyllis S. Weaver; his sister-in-law, | 10 |
| Harriett C. Shaw; and his nieces, Sally Moreno, Jane Cutright, | 11 |
| and Brigitte Tournier; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 |
| we mourn the passing of Fredric Bente Selcke, and we extend our | 15 |
| deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew and | 16 |
| loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 19 |
| condolences.
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