Full Text of SR1026 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply | 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Ronald G. Rathke of | 4 | | Carlinville, who passed away on November 29, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Ronald Rathke was born on November 7, 1934, to | 6 | | Irvin and Kathryn Elizabeth (Price) Rathke in Litchfield; he | 7 | | graduated from Carlinville High School in 1952 and married | 8 | | Carolyn Ann Calverd at the Federated Church in Carlinville on | 9 | | June 5, 1955; he attended Blackburn College and graduated from | 10 | | Washington University School of Dentistry in 1959; he served in | 11 | | the U.S. Air Force as a captain at Offut Air Force Base in | 12 | | Omaha, Nebraska, until 1961; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Ronald Rathke opened a dental practice in | 14 | | Carlinville in 1961; he remained there serving the area until | 15 | | his retirement in 1993; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Ronald Rathke loved to spend time with his | 17 | | family, hunt, fish, garden, and travel; he was an animal lover | 18 | | and he was involved with extensive reforesting projects through | 19 | | the State of Illinois Conservation Department; in 1984 and 1985 | 20 | | he planted over 7,000 black walnut trees on his property; he | 21 | | served on the Carlinville Public School board for 19 years, was | 22 | | a founder of the Carlinville Public School Foundation, and a |
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| 1 | | lifelong supporter and advocate of the Carlinville School | 2 | | District; he was a member of the Carlinville United Methodist | 3 | | Church and a board member for Farmers and Merchants National | 4 | | Bank in Carlinville; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Ronald Rathke was preceded in death by his | 6 | | parents, Irvin and Kathryn Elizabeth Rathke and his | 7 | | sister-in-law, Joyce Weller; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Ronald Rathke is survived by his wife, | 9 | | Carolyn; his daughters, Denise Boente (Dr. Steven), Cheryl | 10 | | Davis (Shawn), and Lynne Evans (Robert); his grandchildren, Dr. | 11 | | Erin Boente, Elyse Srygley (Trey), Stephen Boente, Michael | 12 | | Davis (fiance Alicia Robinson), Nicholas Evans, and Elisabeth | 13 | | Evans; his brother-in-law, Floyd Weller; his nieces, nephews, | 14 | | and cousins; and his dog, Katie; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Dr. Ronald Rathke, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 18 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 19 | | further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Dr. Ronald Rathke as an expression | 22 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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