Full Text of SR0166 99th 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 William Carl Limacher, D.D.S. of Joliet, | 4 | | who passed away on January 4, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Limacher was born on August 29, 1916 in Joliet | 6 | | to Dr. John and Lillian Limacher; he graduated from St. Raymond | 7 | | Catholic School and attended De La Salle High School; he was | 8 | | the valedictorian of the first graduating class of Joliet | 9 | | Catholic High School; he played on the golf teams at De La | 10 | | Salle, Joliet Catholic, and Loyola; he graduated from Loyola | 11 | | Dental School in 1939 and was awarded the coveted Blue Key | 12 | | Award for Academic Excellence and the Omicron Kappa Epsilon | 13 | | National Honor Society for Excellence in Dentistry and | 14 | | Scholastic grades; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Limacher began his dental residency at the | 16 | | United States Marine Hospital on Staten Island, New York; after | 17 | | Pearl Harbor, he applied for a dental commission in the Dental | 18 | | Corp of the United States Navy and received the Commission of | 19 | | Lt. Junior Grade; before serving in Okinawa, he was stationed | 20 | | at the Naval Air Technical Training Base in Norman, Oklahoma, | 21 | | where he married Billie Louise Ratliff; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, After the war, Dr. Limacher returned home to |
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| 1 | | Joliet, raised his family, and practiced dentistry for 75 | 2 | | years, 24 of them with his father; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Limacher was President of the Aescalapian | 4 | | Society, President of the St. Raymond Holy Name Society, a | 5 | | founding Member of St. Paul the Apostle Parish, President of | 6 | | the Joliet Catholic Parents Association, and President of the | 7 | | Joliet Country Club, where he was a member since 1946; he | 8 | | supported many charitable causes with his time, money, and | 9 | | dentistry; in 2005, he was awarded the De La Salle Award by | 10 | | Lewis University; he taught his entire family, children, | 11 | | grandchildren, in-laws, and great-grandchildren to play golf; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Limacher is survived by his wife, Billie; his | 14 | | 4 children, William Patrick (Sandra), James Thomas (Agnes), | 15 | | Mary Therese (Ronald) Dell, and Susan Louise (Douglas) Parrett; | 16 | | his grandchildren, Eli (Jodi) Limacher, Kirk (Hillary) | 17 | | Limacher, Meghan (Brian) Grienenberger, Zachary Limacher, | 18 | | Catherine Limacher, Jacob (Caroline) Dell, Adam (Lisa) Dell, | 19 | | Mariah Dell, Elizabeth Dell, John (Crystal) Parrett, and Anne | 20 | | Parrett; and his great-grandchildren, Andrew, George, Henry, | 21 | | Ava, Audrey, and Amelia Limacher; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | William Carl Limacher, D.D.S., and extend our sincere | 2 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 3 | | him; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Dr. Limacher as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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