Full Text of SR0570 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Richard "Dick" Jaeger of Geneva, who | 4 | | passed away on January 24, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of Geneva Illinois, he was | 6 | | educated at St. Patrick's grade school (St. Charles) and | 7 | | Marmion Military Academy; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, As a young man he sang tenor in a barbershop | 9 | | quartet with his father and his 2 brothers; after service in | 10 | | the Army Air Force during World War II, he graduated from Loras | 11 | | College in Dubuque, Iowa, where he met and married his wife of | 12 | | 62 years, Norma; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He was the Sales Manager of the Elmhurst Chicago | 14 | | Stone Company for 35 years and was past President of the | 15 | | Illinois Ready Mixed Concrete Association; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, He was tireless in his involvement in his | 17 | | community and church, chiefly as a fundraiser; he was elected | 18 | | to the Geneva School Board and served on the Geneva History | 19 | | Center Board; he was a communicant of the old and new St. Peter | 20 | | Church in Geneva where he taught religious education for 17 | 21 | | years; his love for his church was evidenced by countless hours |
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| 1 | | of service to St. Peter's; he was thrilled to have attended a | 2 | | Papal Mass in Rome with his wife and daughters; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, He used his woodworking skills, first creating | 4 | | Christmas ornaments depicting historic buildings of Geneva | 5 | | that he and Norma used to help raise funds for the Geneva | 6 | | History Center and then began building model replicas of the | 7 | | buildings; these award-winning pieces of folk art, on display | 8 | | at the Geneva History Center, are a reminder of his affection | 9 | | for his hometown; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, An avid sport fisherman, he traveled all over | 11 | | North America, as recently as this past summer, with his sons | 12 | | and close friends; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son, Steven; his | 14 | | parents, Justin and Blanche; his brother, Jack; and his | 15 | | sisters, Bette Koehler, Ann Cantrall, and Judy; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Richard Jaeger is survived by his wife, Norma; his | 17 | | children, Richard II, Sue (David Mitchell), J. Patrick (Julie), | 18 | | Nan (Richard Manning), Beth, Paula (Paul Pikowitz), and David | 19 | | (Theresa); his grandchildren, Ryan, Ashley, and Richard Jaeger | 20 | | III, Christopher, David, and Stephanie Mitchell, Madeline and | 21 | | Corinne Manning, and Grace Jaeger; his brother, Gene | 22 | | (Florence); his sister, Mary; and his sister-in-law Eleanor; |
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| 1 | | therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 4 | | his family and friends, the passing of Richard Jaeger; and be | 5 | | it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Richard Jaeger as a symbol of our | 8 | | sincere sympathy.
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