Full Text of SR1228 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 Vernon Thomas Kopsell of Woodstock, who | 4 | | passed away on October 24, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Vernon Kopsell was born in Woodstock on September | 6 | | 25, 1925 to George and Lillian (nee Wilson) Kopsell; he | 7 | | finished 8th grade and went on to the Washburne Trade School in | 8 | | Chicago; he enlisted in the United States Army at 16 and was | 9 | | stationed in the Pacific during World War II with the 503rd | 10 | | Parachute RCT Association; he also served as a Liaison Pilot | 11 | | during this time; he returned home on December 25, 1945; he | 12 | | married Barbara Fuchs in Bakersfield, California on December | 13 | | 16, 1947; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Vernon Kopsell was a very skillful and creative | 15 | | plasteer and bricklayer; his handiwork can be found around | 16 | | McHenry County as well as the Chicagoland area; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Vernon Kopsell was a founding member of the local | 18 | | Veterans of Foreign Wars; he did volunteer work at McHenry | 19 | | County Historical Society and loved to read biographies and | 20 | | watch westerns; he enjoyed feeding the birds, old cars, | 21 | | airplanes, and taking care of his garden; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Vernon Kopsell was preceded in death by his wife, | 2 | | "My Barbara"; his mother and father; his sisters, Florence and | 3 | | Lucille; and his brother, Kenneth; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Vernon Kopsell is survived by his daughters, Judy | 5 | | Kopsell and Janice (Danny) Schroeder; his grandchildren, Julie | 6 | | Morse, Andy (Ellen) Schroeder, and Jessica Schroeder; his | 7 | | great-grandchildren, AJ Schroeder, Ian Morse, James Morse, | 8 | | Gabbie Morse, and Alena Schroeder; and his siblings, Clarence | 9 | | Kopsell, George Kopsell, Jim Kopsell, Bill Kopsell, Don | 10 | | Kopsell, Dorothy Gibson, Darlene Gathman, Barb Murray, and | 11 | | Linda Levan; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Vernon Thomas Kopsell, and extend our sincere condolences to | 15 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Vernon Kopsell as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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