Full Text of SR1468 98th 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 Edward Carl Moehle of Pekin, who passed | 4 | | away on September 13, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Edward Moehle was born on December 7, 1925 in | 6 | | Okawville; his parents were Walter August and Minna Elizabeth | 7 | | (nee Miche) Moehle; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Edward Moehle served his country as a member of | 9 | | the United States Army during World War II, serving in the | 10 | | Pacific Theater as chief clerk at the headquarters of General | 11 | | Douglas MacArthur; he also worked for the International | 12 | | Military Tribunal of the Far East in Tokyo, Japan and attained | 13 | | the rank of staff sergeant; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Edward Moehle earned his Bachelor of Science | 15 | | degree in Business Administration and his Juris Doctor degree | 16 | | from Washington University in St. Louis; he later graduated | 17 | | from the Graduate School of Banking at the University of | 18 | | Wisconsin at Madison and, prior to law school, worked as a bank | 19 | | examiner for the Federal Reserve in the St. Louis District; he | 20 | | was also a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, After law school, Edward Moehle was admitted into |
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| 1 | | the Bar in Missouri and Illinois; he began his legal career as | 2 | | an Assistant State's Attorney in Tazewell County; he later | 3 | | founded the law firm now known as Moehle, Swearingen & | 4 | | Associates, Ltd., with his brother, Mel, in 1966; he retired in | 5 | | 2010 after a fulfilling career of practicing law for over 50 | 6 | | years; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Edward Moehle was associated with the Attorney's | 8 | | Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. as an active member since 1965 and as | 9 | | a board member from 1970 to 2003; he served as the | 10 | | organization's chairman of the board from 1980 to 1982; he was | 11 | | instrumental in developing the Court Counselor program in | 12 | | Tazewell County and was very active on the Tazewell Mason | 13 | | Special Education Board for many years; he was also a former | 14 | | member of the Pekin Public Schools District 108 Board of | 15 | | Education; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Edward Moehle was an active member of First United | 17 | | Methodist Church in Pekin and served on many boards and | 18 | | committees at the church; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Edward Moehle was preceded in death by his | 20 | | parents; a granddaughter, Charlotte Anne Church; and 4 | 21 | | brothers, C. Fred Moehle, Walter E. Moehle, Robert C. Moehle, | 22 | | and Melvin O. Moehle; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Edward Moehle is survived by his wife, Carol; 4 | 2 | | daughters, Colleen Moehle, Michelle (Thor) Moestue, Valerie | 3 | | Moehle, and Paula (Timothy) Church; 5 grandsons, James Michael | 4 | | (Rachel) Hartnett, III, Eric Robinson, Nicholas Umholtz, | 5 | | Alexander Umholtz, and William Church; 4 granddaughters, | 6 | | Katherine (David) Bow, Anna Umholtz, Elizabeth Church, and | 7 | | Margaret Church; a great-grandson, Joshua M. Hartnett; a | 8 | | son-in-law, Stewart Umholtz; and 2 former foreign exchange | 9 | | students, Tina and Lisa; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 12 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Edward Carl Moehle; | 13 | | and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Edward Moehle as an expression of | 16 | | our sympathy.
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