Full Text of SR1056 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 Andrew H. "Andy" Olesen of | 4 | | Rockford, who passed away on December 10, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Olesen was born on February 23, 1947, to | 6 | | Anker and Sena (Kuhlmann) Olesen; he married Patricia Beck on | 7 | | September 12, 1970, in Pierre, South Dakota; he was a Vietnam | 8 | | veteran and served in the U.S. Army as a helicopter pilot; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Olesen was a longtime member of Bethlehem | 10 | | Lutheran Church; he enjoyed playing golf, racquetball, and was | 11 | | an avid Green Bay Packer fan; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Olesen had been a pilot for the "REACT" | 13 | | team for Rockford Memorial Hospital for the past 5 years; it | 14 | | was during the discharge of his duties for REACT that he and | 15 | | flight nurses Jim Dillow and Karen Hollis perished when they | 16 | | encountered bad weather on route to pick up a critically ill | 17 | | patient; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Olesen was preceded in death by his | 19 | | parents, Anker and Sena Olesen and his sister, Barbara; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Olesen is survived by wife, Pat; his son, |
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| 1 | | Tony (Julie) Olesen; his daughter, Michelle (Rufo) Reyes; his | 2 | | grandchildren, Jacob, Caitlin, and Addison Olesen; his | 3 | | sisters, Kathryn Nordstrom and Connie (David) Selleck; and his | 4 | | nieces, Cindy Filips and Sherry Nordstrom, and their families; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Andrew Olesen, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Andrew Olesen as an expression of | 13 | | our deepest sympathy.
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