Full Text of SR0432 94th General Assembly
SR0432 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Donald D. Wesemann of | 4 |
| Hampshire on Saturday, September 24, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on March 6, 1931, on the family farm | 6 |
| in Hampshire Township to Herman and Mareta (Lenz) Wesemann; he | 7 |
| was a 1949 graduate of Hampshire High School and served in the | 8 |
| U.S. Army in Germany following the Korean War; and
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| WHEREAS, After his military service, Mr. Wesemann returned | 10 |
| to Hampshire and the family farm, where he raised his family; | 11 |
| in addition to farming, he was an Illinois-licensed livestock | 12 |
| hauler; he worked as a toll collector for the Illinois State | 13 |
| Toll Highway Authority at Plaza 9 for 16 years, retiring in | 14 |
| 2000; and
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| WHEREAS, He was very active in the Kane County Republican | 16 |
| Party and was a founder and the first chairman of the Western | 17 |
| Kane County Republican Organization; he served for more than 30 | 18 |
| years as a Precinct 2 Hampshire Township committeeman and was a | 19 |
| past commander of American Legion Post 680 and a lifetime | 20 |
| member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8043, both of | 21 |
| Hampshire; he was a member of Elgin Moose Lodge 799 and served | 22 |
| on the board of the Veteran's Assistance Commission for Kane | 23 |
| County; he was a member of First Lutheran Church in DeKalb; and
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| WHEREAS, He loved to perform his chores around the family | 25 |
| homestead and enjoyed gardening and riding his John Deere Gator | 26 |
| around the farm; he was known for his friendliness and his love | 27 |
| of conversation; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Donald D. Wesemann has been deeply | 29 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Trudy (Johnson) Wesemann, | 30 |
| whom he married on October 23, 1977, in DeKalb; his children, |
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| Donald Wesemann, Elizabeth Wesemann, and Amanda Wesemann; his | 2 |
| grandson, Jonathan Cumberledge; his sister, Alta (Harold) | 3 |
| Dittman; his brother, Herman (Jeanette) Wesemann; his | 4 |
| sister-in-law, Betty Wesemann; his brother-in-law, John "Jack" | 5 |
| Allen; and his many nieces and nephews; he was preceded in | 6 |
| death by his parents; his infant daughter, Tracy; his sister, | 7 |
| Mareta Allen; and his brother, Elmer Wesemann; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 |
| Donald D. Wesemann, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 11 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 15 |
| sympathy.
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