Full Text of SR1011 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 Albert L. Dussliere of East Moline, who | 4 | | passed away on October 13, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Al Dussliere was born in Moline to Alois and | 6 | | Martha Callewaert Dussliere on July 21, 1924; he married Lorene | 7 | | Seitz, his high school sweetheart, at St. Mary's Catholic | 8 | | Church in East Moline on September 18, 1946; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Al Dussliere was a staff sergeant in the United | 10 | | States Army Air Corp during World War II; he flew in the waist | 11 | | and tail gunner positions in a B-17 flying fortress and | 12 | | accumulated 35 missions over enemy territories; on his 13th | 13 | | mission, his plane was involved in a midair collision over | 14 | | Bonn, Germany, which forced a belly landing in Luxembourg; on | 15 | | the 14th mission, his plane was hit by sustained flak for over | 16 | | 14 minutes, knocking out engines two and four, which caused an | 17 | | emergency landing in Ghent, Belgium; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Al Dussliere worked in his father's grocery store | 19 | | after he returned from the war; during that time, he was | 20 | | elected as an East Moline Council Member; he served four years | 21 | | and was elected mayor; he was then appointed Postmaster of East | 22 | | Moline and eventually promoted to Director of Customer Services |
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| 1 | | at Rock Island Post Office, where he oversaw 102 offices in | 2 | | Iowa and Illinois; he retired from the Post Office in 1984; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Al Dussliere was the former commander of the East | 4 | | Moline Silvis American Veterans, the president of the East | 5 | | Moline Silvis Kiwanis Club, a member of the Illini Hospital | 6 | | Board, a founding member of the Blackhawk Chapter of the | 7 | | Epilepsy Foundation, the president of the 303rd Bomb Group | 8 | | Association, a Eucharistic Minister at St. Anne Parish, the | 9 | | Short Hills Country Club Man of the Year, and a member of the | 10 | | Chamber of Commerce; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Al Dussliere was preceded in death by his | 12 | | grandson, John Smithson; and his brothers, Alois Jr. and | 13 | | Donald; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Al Dussliere is survived by his wife, Lorene; his | 15 | | children, Theresa (Dr. Daniel) Voltz, Philip (Helen) | 16 | | Dussliere, and Steve (Kayla) Dussliere; his grandchildren, | 17 | | Andrew and Conrad Voltz, Heidi (Mitch) Forney, Talisa Dussliere | 18 | | (Josh) Corcoran, and Justin Oden; his great-granddaughter, | 19 | | Elizabeth Forney; and his brother, Lorney (Hattie) Dussliere; | 20 | | therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Albert L. Dussliere and extend our sincere condolences to his | 2 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Al Dussliere as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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