Full Text of SR0299 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 Harry H. "Hank" Sonnemaker, Jr. of | 4 | | Dunlap, who passed away on March 21, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Harry Sonnemaker, Jr. was born in Peoria on | 6 | | December 6, 1926 to Harry, Sr. and Grace (nee Reiferscheid) | 7 | | Sonnemaker; he attended the Spalding Institute and entered the | 8 | | United States Navy in November of 1944; he served on active | 9 | | duty until 1946, principally in Hawaii, the Marianas, and Guam; | 10 | | he married Dorothy Boyer on June 12, 1948 in Peoria; he was | 11 | | commissioned ensign in 1950 and served in various line and | 12 | | security-intelligence billets until 1955; when he retired, he | 13 | | was the senior most captain in the Navy Reserve in the United | 14 | | States; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After serving in the Navy during World War II, | 16 | | Harry Sonnemaker, Jr. obtained his undergraduate education | 17 | | from St. Ambrose and Bradley universities and later graduated | 18 | | from the University of Illinois with his law degree; he was | 19 | | admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 1955 and served as the | 20 | | first legal aid counselor for Peoria in 1957; he was in private | 21 | | practice for 50 years, and from 1974 to 1986, he shared his | 22 | | office with his son; he served as the attorney for the Peoria | 23 | | Police Benevolent Association for 4 years and was the past |
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| 1 | | President and Director of the Illinois Board of Sheriffs Merit | 2 | | Commission; he also served continuously on the Peoria County | 3 | | Sheriff's Merit Commission for more than 30 years; when the JAG | 4 | | Corps was established, he became a JAGC officer, serving for | 5 | | more than 30 years, including a 2-year term as the Judge | 6 | | Advocate General for the Navy; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Harry Sonnemaker, Jr. was a member of the American | 8 | | Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the | 9 | | Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Association of | 10 | | Trial Lawyers of America; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Harry Sonnemaker, Jr. was owner of the A&W Root | 12 | | Beer stands in Peoria for more than 20 years; he had a lifelong | 13 | | passion for football, hunting, dogs, and Civil War history; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Harry Sonnemaker, Jr. was preceded in death by his | 15 | | parents and his son, Michael; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Harry Sonnemaker, Jr. is survived by his wife, | 17 | | Dorothy; his 2 daughters, Lise' (Robert) Mundwiller and Melissa | 18 | | (Steve) Majdic; his brother, William (Nancy) Sonnemaker; his 3 | 19 | | granddaughters, Emily Mundwiller, Abigail Mundwiller, and | 20 | | Andie Majdic; his grandson, David Sonnemaker; his 3 nephews, | 21 | | William (Susan) Sonnemaker, Ken (Tawnya) Sonnemaker, and James | 22 | | (Melissa) Sonnemaker; his niece, Julie (Rick) Ritzler; and his |
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| 1 | | 3 cousins, Sr. Mary Shryock, Joseph Shryock, and Teresa | 2 | | Connolly; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Harry H. "Hank" Sonnemaker, Jr., and extend our sincere | 6 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 7 | | him; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Harry Sonnemaker, Jr. as an | 10 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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