Full Text of SR0780 95th General Assembly
SR0780 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 Thomas B. Brinkoetter of Decatur, who | 4 |
| passed away on July 1, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas B. Brinkoetter was born November 6, 1927, | 6 |
| in Decatur, the son of Bernard J. and Florence Marie | 7 |
| (Appenzeller) Brinkoetter; he married Jacqueline M. Cook June | 8 |
| 6, 1949, in Decatur; and
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| WHEREAS, He was employed by A.E. Staley Manufacturing | 10 |
| Company from 1949 to 1958; he started selling real estate in | 11 |
| August of 1954; he formed Tom Brinkoetter & Company in April of | 12 |
| 1965, which he owned and operated until his retirement in | 13 |
| January of 1993, when his daughter Carla took over the | 14 |
| business; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1977, Tom started the Tom Brinkoetter & Company | 16 |
| Property Management; he was a member of the Decatur Association | 17 |
| of Realtors, the Illinois Association of Realtors, and the | 18 |
| National Association of Realtors; in 1981, he was Secretary of | 19 |
| the Illinois Association of Realtors; Tom was named Decatur | 20 |
| Realtor of the Year in 1983, and was the Dean of Illinois | 21 |
| Realtors Institute for three years; he served on several | 22 |
| committees with the National, Illinois, and Decatur |
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| Association of Realtors; he was the Past President of the | 2 |
| Decatur Association of Realtors in 1967 and the Past Chairman | 3 |
| of the Decatur Multiple Listing Service in 1966; he was a | 4 |
| graduate of the Illinois Realtors Institute "G.R.I", a | 5 |
| certified Residential Salesman "C.R.S.", and a certified | 6 |
| Residential Broker "C.R.B."; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of St. James Catholic Church his | 8 |
| entire life; he was also a member of the Metro Chamber of | 9 |
| Commerce, Golden "K" Kiwanis, American Legion Post #105, and K | 10 |
| of C #577; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, one | 12 |
| brother, and one grandchild; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Brinkoetter is survived by his wife, | 14 |
| Jackie; his children, Carla J. Brinkoetter and husband, Terry | 15 |
| Smith; Connie J. Ewing and husband, Kevin; and Thomas A. | 16 |
| Brinkoetter and wife, Patricia; his grandchildren, Adam J. | 17 |
| Trent, James R. Trent, Alyssa A. Brinkoetter, and Joseph A. | 18 |
| Brinkoetter; his great-grandchild, Emmit Trent; his sisters, | 19 |
| Evelyn F. Lonergan and Dorothy M. Raver and husband, Dwight; | 20 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 22 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Thomas B. Brinkoetter; | 2 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of Thomas B. Brinkoetter as a symbol of | 5 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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