Full Text of SR0506 95th General Assembly
SR0506 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Frederick H. Uhlig of Chillicothe, who | 4 |
| passed away on January 13, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Frederick Uhlig was born on December 30, 1946 in | 6 |
| Peoria; he was the son of Henry "Pop" and Ruth (McDowell) | 7 |
| Uhlig; and
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| WHEREAS, Frederick Uhlig was a 1964 graduate of Richwoods | 9 |
| High School in Peoria; after graduation, he enlisted in the | 10 |
| United States Marine Corps in June 1964; he served in the | 11 |
| Vietnam War and was honorably discharged in 1968; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1970, Frederick Uhlig graduated from Sangamon | 13 |
| State College in Springfield with a degree in Political | 14 |
| Science, which led him into a career with the State of | 15 |
| Illinois, where he served as a legislative liaison, the deputy | 16 |
| director of the Department of Transportation, and deputy | 17 |
| director of the Department of Public Health; he later obtained | 18 |
| his M.B.A. from Harvard University; he worked as a regional | 19 |
| health officer for the Illinois Department of Public Health at | 20 |
| the time of his passing; and
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| WHEREAS, Frederick Uhlig served as a political adviser to |
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| several local and statewide political officials; he served on | 2 |
| the Chillicothe School Board from 1999 until 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Frederick Uhlig was a member of the Chillicothe | 4 |
| Optimist Club and was active in the Chillicothe Summer Theater, | 5 |
| where he served as director for several productions; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Frederick Uhlig enjoyed playing his guitar for a | 7 |
| band called the Redneck Mothers; he also took enjoyment in | 8 |
| restoring and rebuilding British MGs; he loved New Orleans, | 9 |
| Jimmy Buffett, karaoke, and being with friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Frederick Uhlig was preceded in death by his | 11 |
| parents; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Frederick Uhlig is survived by his son, Brent | 13 |
| Uhlig; his half brothers, William Diez and Charles Diez; his | 14 |
| half sister, Beverly; his cousin, Susan Uhlig; and his special | 15 |
| friend, Susan Coffman; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 17 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Frederick H. Uhlig; and | 19 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Frederick H. Uhlig as an expression | 2 |
| of our sympathy.
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