Full Text of SR1050 097th 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 Allen J. Oehlert of Chatham, who passed | 4 | | away on December 30, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Allen Oehlert was born on June 3, 1947, in Melrose | 6 | | Park; his parents were Walter J. and Dorothy Welch Oehlert; he | 7 | | married Sara Lamos on June 5, 1971; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Allen Oehlert earned his master's degree in | 9 | | political science from Northern Illinois University in 1972 and | 10 | | his juris doctor from the Southern Illinois University School | 11 | | of Law in 1976; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Allen Oehlert served the people of the State of | 13 | | Illinois as an attorney and law librarian at the Legislative | 14 | | Reference Bureau from 2004 until his passing; prior to his | 15 | | service at LRB, he was a partner in the private practice of | 16 | | Lowenstein, Hagen, Oehlert, and Smith, P.C. from 1977 to 2000 | 17 | | and an administrative law judge with the Illinois Educational | 18 | | Labor Relations Board from 2000 to 2003; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Allen Oehlert was a member of the historic Grace | 20 | | Evangelical Lutheran Church and formerly served as Vice | 21 | | President of the Congregation; he was also a former legal |
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| 1 | | counsel for the Central/Southern Illinois Synod of the | 2 | | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and a member of the | 3 | | Illinois State Bar Association; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Allen Oehlert enjoyed cooking, gardening, | 5 | | canoeing, and hiking; he was also an avid photographer and a | 6 | | member of the Springfield Photography Club and the Studio on | 7 | | 6th Artist Co-op; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Allen Oehlert was preceded in death by his | 9 | | parents; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Allen Oehlert is survived by his loving wife, | 11 | | Sara; his wonderful children, Matthew (Amie) Oehlert, | 12 | | Elizabeth (Vladimir) Avila, Emily (Aaron) Dufrene, and | 13 | | Katherine (Phillip) Galloway; his grandchildren, Marcelina, | 14 | | Gus, and Amelia Oehlert, Lucas Avila, Finn and Sophia Dufrene, | 15 | | and Seraphina Galloway; his brother-in-law, Mark (Jerry Jones) | 16 | | Lamos; and his beloved dogs, Burt and Madison; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Allen Oehlert will be remembered fondly by his | 18 | | family and friends as a caring and generous man whose love of | 19 | | life and great dedication to his family was evident to all; | 20 | | therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 2 | | his family and friends, the passing of Allen J. Oehlert; and be | 3 | | it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Allen Oehlert as an expression of | 6 | | our sympathy.
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