Full Text of SR0321 98th 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 LeRoy Ernest Wegener of Volo, who passed | 4 | | away on May 8, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, LeRoy Wegener was born on October 19, 1931, in | 6 | | Volo; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, LeRoy Wegener graduated from Grant High School in | 8 | | 1949; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, LeRoy Wegener was employed as a dairy farmer and | 10 | | milk distributor; after retirement, he worked as a security | 11 | | guard for 15 years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, LeRoy Wegener's heritage in farming developed | 13 | | into a passion for gardening, where he found joy in continuing | 14 | | to provide for his family; he carefully tended his large | 15 | | vegetable garden every year and enlisted anyone on the property | 16 | | to help weed and water; the ultimate expression of his hobby | 17 | | was Wegener Corn Day, an annual family gathering to pick, | 18 | | prepare, and freeze sweet corn in traditional barn raising | 19 | | fashion; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, LeRoy Wegener served in his church and community |
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| 1 | | in a variety of leadership roles; he served as a trustee for | 2 | | the Village of Volo for the last 12 years; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, LeRoy Wegener was preceded in death by his father | 4 | | and mother, Henry and Rose; his sisters, Agnes and Rosemary; | 5 | | his brother, Leo; his grandson, Neil; and his daughter-in-law, | 6 | | Sylvia Wegener; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, LeRoy Wegener is survived by his beloved wife of | 8 | | 61 years, Lorena Grace; his children, Linda (Dennis) Volling, | 9 | | Francine Meyer, Larry (Kathy) Wegener, Brenda (Kent) Hansen, | 10 | | Yvonne (Patrick) Neal, Nancy (Marc) Doubleday, Rose (Bob) | 11 | | Campbell, Tim Wegener, Nadine (Kingston) Bowen, Andrea (Chris) | 12 | | Manahan, and Amy (Leith) Camden; his grandchildren, Tricia, | 13 | | Neil, Joshua, Benjamin, Nathanael, Elizabeth, Meghan, | 14 | | Thaddaeus, Lisa, Adam, Laura, Allison, Nicholas, Morgan, | 15 | | Carolyn, Brian, Daniel, Michael, Timothy, Paul, Nicole, | 16 | | Madison, Kendall, Renee, Paul, Johanna, Steven, Scott, Amy | 17 | | Beth, Jacob, Kingston, Constance, Connor, Curtis, Courtney, | 18 | | Henry, Grant, Hayden, Levi, Nathan, Andrew, and Jane; his 11 | 19 | | great-grandchildren; and his siblings, Sister Marilyn Wegener, | 20 | | Raymond Wegener, and Rita Heil; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 23 | | his family and friends, the passing of LeRoy Ernest Wegener; |
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| 1 | | and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of LeRoy Wegener as an expression of | 4 | | our sympathy.
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