Full Text of SR0310 97th 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 Dr. Rodger Edward Welker, D.D.S., of | 4 | | Naples, Florida, formerly of Waukegan, who passed away on | 5 | | August 17, 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born April 15, 1939 in Waukegan, a son of | 7 | | the late Sylvester and Stephanie (Koper) Welker; he served in | 8 | | the United States Air Force; he graduated from Marquette Dental | 9 | | School in 1965 and served his Dental Residency at Medical | 10 | | College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee County Hospital); and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Welker owned his private dental practice in | 12 | | Waukegan from 1969 to 2006; he was a life member of the | 13 | | American Dental Society and the Chicago Dental Society; Dr. | 14 | | Welker was active in the North Suburban Branch of the Chicago | 15 | | Dental Society and the Waukegan Dental Study Group; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He was an avid boater and fisherman, fishing all | 17 | | over the world including: Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, | 18 | | Guatemala, Cuba, the Bahamas, and Belize; he was a life member | 19 | | and Past Commodore of the Waukegan Yacht Club, a member of the | 20 | | Glen Flora Country Club, where he headed Trap Shooting, and a | 21 | | member of the Waukegan Port Authority for 15 years where he | 22 | | served as Chairman of the Board for the last 5 years; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Welker enjoyed spending his summers for the | 2 | | last 40 years aboard his boat "Doc's Inn."; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rodger Welker is survived by his loving wife | 4 | | Sandra (Post) Welker; his daughters, Sara Welker and Megan | 5 | | (Jeremy Pincombe) Welker; his granddaughters, Madeline and | 6 | | Julia; and his sister, Diana (Bruce) Pecaro; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 | | his family and friends, the passing of Dr. Rodger Welker; and | 10 | | be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Dr. Rodger Welker as a symbol of our | 13 | | sincere sympathy.
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