Full Text of SR0300 100th 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 Melvin A. Crehl, of Billings, Montana, | 4 | | formerly of Carlinville, who passed away on February 19, 2017; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Crehl was born on August 9, 1917 in | 7 | | Carlinville to Gus and Marie Harms Crehl; he was in the first | 8 | | group to be drafted from Macoupin County and served in the | 9 | | United States Army during World War II in Holland, Belgium, and | 10 | | Germany, where he was for VE Day; he was discharged in 1945 as | 11 | | a Staff Sergeant and married Marie E. Taylor in Springfield on | 12 | | November 17, 1946; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Crehl farmed with his father until he was | 14 | | drafted into the military; after the war, he
worked for the | 15 | | Carlinville Democrat as a printer most of his life; he retired | 16 | | in 1985 from the Carlinville Enquirer-Democrat; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Crehl was a member of St. Paul's United | 18 | | Church of Christ, Guy Baird American Legion Post #554, and John | 19 | | L. Meyers VFW Post #1104; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Crehl and his wife moved to Montana in 2014 | 21 | | to be close to his family who had just relocated there; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Crehl was preceded in death by his | 2 | | granddaughter, Jessica Schreiter; his sister, Alberta Lehmann; | 3 | | his wife, Marie E. Crehl; and his parents; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Crehl is survived by his daughter, Nancy | 5 | | (Louis D.) Schreiter; his grandson, Justin (Victoria) | 6 | | Schreiter; his granddaughter, Rebecca (Mark) Kuntz; his | 7 | | grandson, Jason (Caitlyn) Schreiter; and four | 8 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Melvin A. Crehl, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 12 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Melvin Crehl as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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