Full Text of SR0325 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 Robert L. Vojas, who passed away on March | 4 | | 19, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Vojas was born October 5, 1933 in Staunton | 6 | | to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vojas on October 5, 1933; he graduated | 7 | | from St. Michael's Middle School, he graduated from Staunton | 8 | | High School, and he served in the United States Navy; he | 9 | | married Mary Seketa on August 24, 1957; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Robert Vojas worked at the McDonnell Douglas | 11 | | Corporation from 1954 to 1995, where he was the Director of | 12 | | Quality Assurance; he worked on the P-40 Tomahawk, the F-4 | 13 | | Phantom II, the PV-2 Harpoon, cruise missiles, and the Skylab | 14 | | space station; in 1988 and 1989, he received the Navy's Salty | 15 | | Dog Award; he also received the McDonnell Douglas President's | 16 | | Award in 1989 in recognition of his work as the product | 17 | | assurance manager on the Harpoon program; he began his second | 18 | | career working at Scott's Service Center; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Robert Vojas was a member of St. Michael the | 20 | | Archangel Catholic Church of Staunton; he was a member of the | 21 | | Staunton American Legion Post #362 and the Staunton Lion's | 22 | | Club, where he previously served as President; he was a former |
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| 1 | | member of the Staunton City Council where he served as the Ward | 2 | | One Alderman; he was a proud Democrat; he was first elected to | 3 | | the Macoupin County Board in 2002, and he was most recently | 4 | | Chairman of the Road and Bridges Committee; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Vojas is survived by his wife and best | 6 | | friend, Mary; his children, Steve (Tracie) Vojas, Mike Vojas, | 7 | | Roberta Vojas, and Renee (Matt) Galbraith; his granddaughters, | 8 | | Michelle Jones, Tiffany Vojas (Matt) Cramer, Christy (Rob) | 9 | | Coleman, Stephanie Vojas (Ryan Taylor), and Kimberley (Brian) | 10 | | Roller; and his great-grandsons, Dylan, Jackson, Coby, and | 11 | | Braden; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Robert Vojas was preceded in death by his sister, | 13 | | Barbara Ann; and his niece, Lana Odorizzi; therefore, be it | 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Robert L. Vojas, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Robert Vojas as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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