Full Text of SR0747 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Lieutenant Colonel Bernard "Bernie" | 4 | | Goulet Sr. (Ret.) of Springfield, who passed away on November | 5 | | 16, 2021; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Goulet was born to Joseph and Clara (Neef) | 7 | | Goulet in Springfield on April 22, 1931; he served in the U.S. | 8 | | Army during the Korean War, where he survived the Chosin | 9 | | Reservoir and earned a Bronze Star for Heroism in Ground | 10 | | Combat, the Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit, the Combat | 11 | | Infantry Badge, and the U.N. Korean Service Medal; he married | 12 | | Barbara Geary in 1956, and they celebrated 53 years of | 13 | | marriage before she preceded him in death in 2010; he earned | 14 | | his master's degree in Business from Sangamon State | 15 | | University, which is now the University of Illinois | 16 | | Springfield; he graduated from the U.S. Army Command and | 17 | | General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Goulet worked at the U.S. Post Office and | 19 | | the Springfield Army Reserve, where he retired as a lieutenant | 20 | | colonel; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Goulet was a member of the Christ the King | 22 | | Parish, American Legion Post 32, Disabled American Veterans |
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| 1 | | (D.A.V.), and the Retired Officers Association; he enjoyed | 2 | | music thoroughly, singing in the church choir, the Muni, Mob | 3 | | on the Road, and Mature Mob until his late 80s; he was an avid | 4 | | gardener and a voracious reader; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Goulet was a wise, loving, and honorable | 6 | | man; he was a true patriarch to his family; he will be missed; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Goulet was preceded in death by his first | 9 | | wife, two brothers, and four sisters; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Goulet is survived by his wife, Velma Neal | 11 | | Goulet; his sons, Bernie (Karen) Goulet Jr. and Matt (Tamara) | 12 | | Goulet; his daughters, Ellen (Steve) Siadek and Diane (Wes) | 13 | | Fisher; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, | 14 | | nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Lieutenant Colonel Bernard "Bernie" Goulet Sr. and extend our | 18 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 19 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Bernie Goulet as an expression of |
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| 1 | | our deepest sympathy.
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