Full Text of SR0756 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
Robert Arthur Dietmeyer of Gurnee, who | 4 | | passed away on April 6, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Dietmeyer was born on May 9, 1927, in | 6 | | Burlington, Iowa; he moved to Waukegan as a child and graduated | 7 | | from Waukegan High School in 1944; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Dietmeyer was a member of the United States | 9 | | Army; he served in the 703rd Military Police Battalion in | 10 | | Washington D.C., where he attained the rank of sergeant while | 11 | | helping to guard President Harry Truman; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, After leaving the Army, Robert Dietmeyer enrolled | 13 | | at the University of Iowa, where he graduated in 1950; he then | 14 | | served as Manager of Corporate Benefits at Abbott Labs, where | 15 | | he worked for 35 years until his retirement in 1986; while at | 16 | | Abbott, he worked towards and earned his master's degree from | 17 | | Marquette University; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Robert Dietmeyer served as President of the Holy | 19 | | Name Society of the St. Anastasia Parish in Waukegan and | 20 | | volunteered on the Gurnee Village Civil Service Commission from | 21 | | 1988 to 1991; he was involved with numerous charities, |
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| 1 | | including the Knights of Columbus, the Salvation Army, and the | 2 | | American Cancer Society; he was also a founding member of the | 3 | | St. Paul's Church Parish in Gurnee and served as a little | 4 | | league baseball coach for all 5 of his sons with the North Side | 5 | | A.C. in Waukegan; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Robert Dietmeyer was preceded in death by his wife | 7 | | of 46 years, Catherine Efinger Dietmeyer, and his parents, | 8 | | Viola and Fred Dietmeyer; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Robert Dietmeyer is survived by his sons, David | 10 | | (Nanette), Thomas, John, Philip (Susan), and James (Dara); his | 11 | | daughters, Patricia Hook and Mary Minehart (Darwin); his | 12 | | brother, Richard (Thelma); his grandchildren, Tony, Kelly, and | 13 | | Keith Morse and Colleen, Desiree, and Jimmy Dietmeyer; and his | 14 | | many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 | | his family and friends, the passing of Robert Arthur Dietmeyer; | 18 | | and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Robert Dietmeyer as an expression of | 21 | | our sympathy.
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