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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Bert W. Farm of McHenry, who passed away |
4 | | on October 29, 2013; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Bert Farm was born on January 3, 1922 in Chicago |
6 | | to John A. and Anna (nee Manthei) Farm; he married Betty |
7 | | Hinrichs in Chicago on September 4, 1948; he served his country |
8 | | in the United States Army during World War II in the Medical |
9 | | Corps; and
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10 | | WHEREAS, Bert Farm worked for Crane Manufacturing Company |
11 | | in Chicago following the war; he and his wife moved to McHenry |
12 | | in 1948 and he worked for Morton Chemical in Ringwood and |
13 | | Chicago; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, Bert Farm was a longtime member of Shepherd of the |
15 | | Hills Lutheran Church in McHenry, where he served on the Church |
16 | | Council for 6 years and could regularly be seen helping in and |
17 | | around the church wherever he could; he enjoyed traveling, |
18 | | family vacations, and puttering around his home; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, Bert Farm was preceded in death by his parents; |
20 | | his wife, Betty; his brother, Charles Farm; his sister, Janet |
21 | | Farm Fuchs; his niece, Charlene Jensen; and his nephew, Allan |