Full Text of SR0482 101st 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 "Rob" Amling of Tower Hill, who | 4 | | passed away on May 29, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rob Amling was born in Pana to Martin and Jean | 6 | | (Alde) Amling on June 6, 1950; he graduated from Pana High | 7 | | School in 1968 and received his Bachelor of Science in | 8 | | Horticulture in 1972 from the University of Illinois; he | 9 | | married Debbie DeRochi in the First Presbyterian Church in | 10 | | Taylorville on October 27, 1979; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rob Amling was a commercial horticulturist; he was | 12 | | the owner and operator of the Cold Springs Greenhouse in rural | 13 | | Tower Hill since 1973; he opened the Junction Garden Center in | 14 | | Pana in 1986, running both businesses with his wife; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Rob Amling was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran | 16 | | Church in Pana, where he served as president and as an elder; | 17 | | he served on the Tower Hill Fire Protection District Board of | 18 | | Trustees, the Pana Community Hospital Board of Directors, the | 19 | | Pana Community Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, the Pana | 20 | | Area Chamber of Commerce (President), the Christian County | 21 | | Economic Development Board, and the University of Illinois | 22 | | Dudley Smith Farm Advisory Board; he also served as Cold Spring |
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| 1 | | Township Supervisor; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Rob Amling was involved in the formation of | 3 | | Tri-County Quail Unlimited; most recently, he served on the | 4 | | Shelby County Board, the Shelby County Housing Authority Board, | 5 | | the Shelby County Republican Central Committee, and the Shelby | 6 | | County Economic Development Board; he was a member of the | 7 | | Kaskaskia Watershed Association and chairman of the Heartland | 8 | | Resource Conservation and Development Council; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rob Amling was preceded in death by his parents; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rob Amling is survived by his wife, Debbie; his | 12 | | daughter, Stacie (Glenn) Sherman; his grandson, Aiden Sherman; | 13 | | his siblings, Christine (Lynn) Bishop, Jennifer Young, and | 14 | | Carol (Dwight) Vasel; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, | 15 | | nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Robert "Rob" Amling and extend our sincere condolences to his | 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Rob Amling as an expression of our | 2 | | deepest sympathy.
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