Full Text of SR0370 97th General Assembly
SR0370 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | SR0370 | | LRB097 14049 KXB 58688 r |
|
| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Lynn Gordon Ponivas of Alton, who passed | 4 | | away on September 30, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born December 14, 1942, in Buffalo, New | 6 | | York, to Hugh and Agnes Dora (Bargmann) Ponivas; he served his | 7 | | country as a yeoman in the Navy during the Vietnam War, and the | 8 | | Navy Reserves as a Chief Petty Officer; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He served as a Lutheran schoolteacher in various | 10 | | schools in Illinois and Missouri, as a driver for JB Hunt, as | 11 | | an AAL representative, and as a church custodian at various | 12 | | times in his life; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his | 14 | | sister, Audrey (Ponivas) Cooley; his brothers, Bruce Ponivas | 15 | | and Floyd Ponivas; and his father-in-law, Gilbert Theiss; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Lynn Ponivas is survived by his wife, Nancy | 17 | | (Theiss) Ponivas; their sons and daughters-in-law, Bram and | 18 | | Jenn Ponivas, CPT Drew and Bethany Ponivas, and MMI John and | 19 | | Ambyre Ponivas; his grandchild, Eli Ponivas; his brothers and | 20 | | sister, Clyde Ponivas, Shirley (Ponivas) Hayes, and Russell and | 21 | | Linda Ponivas; his sister-in-law, Ernelle Ponivas; his |
| | | SR0370 | - 2 - | LRB097 14049 KXB 58688 r |
|
| 1 | | sister-in-law, Kathy (Theiss) and Dan Schoenherr; his | 2 | | brother-in-law, Gilbert Theiss Jr.; his mother-in-law, Viola | 3 | | (Gerler) Theiss; and numerous nephews, nieces and extended | 4 | | family; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 | | his family and friends, the passing of Lynn Ponivas; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Lynn Ponivas as a symbol of our | 11 | | sincere sympathy.
|
|