Full Text of SR0855 95th General Assembly
SR0855 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of John VonBergen of Alton, who passed away | 4 |
| on August 24, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born July 21, 1928, in rural Alton, where | 6 |
| he remained all his life; he was the son of Oscar and Ruth | 7 |
| (Cousins) VonBergen; he married Margie Higgins on November 24, | 8 |
| 1949, at College Avenue Presbyterian Church in Alton and they | 9 |
| were married 54 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked for Illinois Bell Telephone Company for | 11 |
| 30 years, retiring in 1976; he then began a new career | 12 |
| developing land and building custom homes with his wife | 13 |
| throughout the metro area for 22 years;
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| WHEREAS, He enjoyed volunteering for the Alton Band and | 15 |
| Orchestra Builders and later served as president; he was one of | 16 |
| the founding trustees for both the Fosterburg Water District | 17 |
| and the Fosterburg Fire Protection District; he was involved | 18 |
| with the Madison County and Illinois Homebuilders Association, | 19 |
| holding many different offices in those organizations; he was | 20 |
| recently elected senior life director to the National | 21 |
| Association of Homebuilders in Washington D.C.; he was a member | 22 |
| of the Alton Eagles and the Telephone Pioneers; and he was |
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| currently serving on the Alton Bell Credit Union Board of | 2 |
| Directors; and
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| WHEREAS, John VonBergen was preceded in death by his | 4 |
| parents, Oscar and Ruth VonBergen; by his wife, Margie; and by | 5 |
| two sisters, Lois (VonBergen) Sterling and Alvina (VonBergen) | 6 |
| O'Boyle; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by two daughters and their spouses, | 8 |
| Barb and John Jones and Ruth and John Phegley; his | 9 |
| grandchildren, Aaron Jones, Emily Jones Helling and her | 10 |
| husband, Corey, and Alec and Eric Phegley; and his two | 11 |
| brothers, Harold VonBergen and Ralph VonBergen; therefore, be | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of John VonBergen; and be | 16 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of John VonBergen as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sincere sympathy.
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