Full Text of SR0654 96th General Assembly
SR0654 96TH 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
Robert "Bob" Waldmire, who passed away on | 4 |
| December 16, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Waldmire was born on April 19, 1945, in St. | 6 |
| Louis; his parents were Edwin and Virginia Waldmire; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Waldmire grew up in Springfield and | 8 |
| Rochester; he graduated from Rochester High School and attended | 9 |
| Springfield College in Illinois (now Benedictine University at | 10 |
| Springfield) SIU-Carbondale, and ASU; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Waldmire had a lifelong career as a | 12 |
| traveling artist drawing college bird's-eye view calendar | 13 |
| maps; in the late 1980s, he began focusing his efforts and | 14 |
| talents on documenting and preserving Old Route 66 from Chicago | 15 |
| to San Bernardino; his meticulous artwork recreates much of the | 16 |
| old highway as it used to be and continues to stimulate renewed | 17 |
| interest in this National Historic Landmark; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Waldmire was preceded in death by his | 19 |
| parents; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Waldmire is survived by his son, Jim |
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| Graham; his grandchildren, Mia and Parker; his brothers, Bill | 2 |
| (Arlene), Buz, Jeff (Carol), and Tom; his sister-in-law, Sue | 3 |
| Waldmire; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Robert "Bob" Waldmire; | 7 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Robert Waldmire as an expression of | 10 |
| our sympathy.
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