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093_SR0154
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of
3 Illinois were saddened to learn of the death of Fred C.
4 Fettinger on April 26, 2003; and
5 WHEREAS, Born May 13, 1926, in Augsburg, Germany, Mr.
6 Fettinger was the firstborn of Leonhard Friedrich and Babette
7 Kreszentia Maria Gutschenreiter Fettinger; the Fettinger
8 family settled in Waukegan in 1929; and
9 WHEREAS, A 1943 graduate of Zion High School, Mr.
10 Fettinger attended Purdue University and joined the Navy
11 during World War II; upon discharge from the service, he
12 began his life career with the First National Bank of
13 Waukegan, where he served for 42 years; and
14 WHEREAS, While at the bank, he met the love of his life,
15 Dorothy Jacobs; they were married on June 17, 1950; the
16 Fettingers moved to Millburn in 1960, where Mrs. Fettinger
17 still owns and operates Fettinger's Realty Company since
18 1964; and
19 WHEREAS, Mr. Fettinger was a Cub Scout Pack Leader, a
20 board member of the Easter Seals, a member of the Millburn
21 Grade School Board of Education, and he was active in the
22 Republican Party; he worked with other members of the
23 community to preserve and protect the Village of Millburn;
24 and
25 WHEREAS, After his retirement, the Fettingers traveled
26 often; they avoided planned tours and visited parts of
27 foreign lands less seen by tourists; their travels included
28 Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, New Zealand,
29 Australia and China; and
30 WHEREAS, The passing of Fred C. Fettinger will be deeply
31 felt by his family and friends, especially by his wife,
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1 Dorothy; his children, Fred (Marilyn), Ann, David (Renee),
2 and Stephen (Esther); his grandchildren, Fred, Alan, John
3 Robert Boone, Laura (Don) Johnson, Jessey, Becky (Alex)
4 Ramos, and Stuart; his three great-grandchildren; his
5 mother-in-law, Clara Crump; and his sisters, Marianne
6 (Warren) Perkins and Barbara Lanphier; therefore, be it
7 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
8 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
9 of Fred C. Fettinger and express our sincere and deepest
10 sympathy to his family and friends; and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to the family of Fred C. Fettinger as an expression
13 of our condolences during their time of bereavement.
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