Full Text of SR0816 94th General Assembly
SR0816 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Warren Billhartz of | 4 |
| Collinsville on Monday, August 21, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on January 3, 1927, in Centralia; he | 6 |
| attended public schools in New Baden before joining the U.S. | 7 |
| Merchant Marines as a crew member; and
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| WHEREAS, A veteran of two dozen crossings of the North | 9 |
| Atlantic, at age twenty, he received his U.S. Coast Guard | 10 |
| certificate of registry as a staff officer; he also holds the | 11 |
| Atlantic War Zone bar; and
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| WHEREAS, He later returned to school and graduated from | 13 |
| Illinois College and Washington University Law School; during | 14 |
| law school and for three years after his graduation, he was | 15 |
| associated with the law firm of Johnson & Johnson in | 16 |
| Belleville; he was a licensed attorney in Illinois and | 17 |
| Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, A former Assistant Attorney General of the State | 19 |
| of Illinois, Mr. Billhartz was elected to three consecutive | 20 |
| terms in the Illinois General Assembly as Representative from | 21 |
| the old 42nd and 55th districts; he served in the Illinois | 22 |
| House until 1960, when he did not seek re-election; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a charter member and first president of the | 24 |
| Clinton County Board of School Trustees; he was a second | 25 |
| generation banker and had been in banking since 1954; for 21 | 26 |
| years, he was with First National Bank of Collinsville, as | 27 |
| President and then Chairman; he was Chairman and principal | 28 |
| stockholder of that bank when it was bought by United Missouri | 29 |
| Bank in 1987; and
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| WHEREAS,
Mr. Billhartz was the Founder, Chairman, and | 2 |
| principal stockholder of FCB Banks; his generous donations and | 3 |
| gifts were responsible for the O.W. Billhartz Civic Center in | 4 |
| New Baden, Lehrter Community Park in Albers, the statue at the | 5 |
| Police Station, and the future home of the Billhartz Animal | 6 |
| Shelter in Collinsville, as well as the Illinois College | 7 |
| Student Investment Fund; many other charitable organizations | 8 |
| benefited from his anonymous donations; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Warren Billhartz has been deeply | 10 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Marcia Anne, nee Allan, | 11 |
| Billhartz, whom he married September 28, 1979, in Kaui, Hawaii; | 12 |
| his son, Ward (Chris) Billhartz; his daughters, Jan Billhartz, | 13 |
| Jean T. Billhartz, and Susan Zavaglia; his sister, Eileen | 14 |
| (Olin) Hoffmann; his grandchildren, Garrett, Shane, and Jordan | 15 |
| Zavaglia, Taylor Singleton, Chandler Lotridge, Danielle and | 16 |
| Rachel Billhartz, and McCall and Caden Sheetz; his loving pet, | 17 |
| Shady Francis; and his numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, | 18 |
| and great-nephews; he was preceded in death by parents, Oliver | 19 |
| W. and Marie, nee Engelhart, Billhartz; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 |
| Warren Billhartz, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 23 |
| family, his friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 24 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 26 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 27 |
| sympathy.
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