Full Text of HR1121 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Raymond | 4 | | L. Schaeffer of Carlyle, who passed away on May 1, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born on the family farm south of Beckemeyer | 6 | | on August 13, 1922, to Louis and Cecilia, nee Beckmann, | 7 | | Schaeffer; after his mother passed away in December of 1927, he | 8 | | was raised by his uncle and aunt, Fred "Fritz" and Elizabeth | 9 | | Beckmann in Bartelso; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from grade school in Bartelso in | 11 | | 1936, he worked as a farmhand in the Bartelso area; he went to | 12 | | work at the Moran shoe factory in Carlyle in 1941 and it was | 13 | | there that he met his future wife, Dorothy Schiermann of | 14 | | Carlyle; he and Dorothy were married at St. Mary Church in | 15 | | Carlyle, on July 11, 1944; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, As a member of the "Greatest Generation," Ray | 17 | | served in General Dean's 44th Infantry Division of the United | 18 | | States Army in Europe in World War II; he worked as a | 19 | | bricklayer and contractor for many years and later was a life | 20 | | insurance salesman for CK&L of I; Ray was an active member and | 21 | | past commander of the VFW Post 3523 in Carlyle; he was also a | 22 | | charter member of the Bartelso Catholic War Veterans, and a |
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| 1 | | member of the Beckemeyer American Legion Post 1227 and Carlyle | 2 | | Knights of Columbus; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his | 4 | | brothers, John Schaeffer and Cyril Schniers; his sister, Mary | 5 | | Gehrs; his sister-in-law, Mary Alice Schaeffer; and his | 6 | | brothers-in-law, Ferdy Gehrs and Kenny Koenig; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Raymond L. Schaeffer is survived by his wife of 67 | 8 | | years, Dorothy; their children and spouses, Kay (Ed) Agustin, | 9 | | Barb (Dan) Haselhorst, Marilyn (Gary) Setser, Dan (Maureen) | 10 | | Schaeffer, Pat (Rich) Boien, and Dave (Kathy) Schaeffer; his | 11 | | brother, Vic Schaeffer; his sister, Stella Koenig; and his | 12 | | sisters-in-law, Alvina Schaeffer and Janet Schniers; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Ray is survived by 16 grandchildren who were his | 14 | | greatest joy; he passed away one week after the birth of his | 15 | | tenth great-grandchild; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Ray was laid to rest in St. Mary's Cemetery | 17 | | following a service with Reverend George Mauck at St. Mary's | 18 | | Church in Carlyle, the same church where he and his wife | 19 | | married, commemorated their 60th wedding anniversary, attended | 20 | | church regularly for the majority of their lives, and | 21 | | recognized innumerable milestones in the growth of their loving | 22 | | family; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ray lived every day with a grateful heart and a | 2 | | radiant sense of humor, playing bingo regularly with his | 3 | | brother Vic, becoming a Wii bowling team member at the Carlyle | 4 | | Healthcare Center, singing to his wife Dorothy, gathering the | 5 | | family together for his 89th birthday celebration, and cheering | 6 | | his beloved St. Louis Cardinals to their 2011 World Series win; | 7 | | therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 11 | | Raymond L. Schaeffer; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That we pledge to continue to remember and | 13 | | cherish in our hearts the time spent in uniform by all of our | 14 | | American veterans; our country is what it is today because of | 15 | | these
brave men and women; and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Raymond L. Schaeffer as a symbol of | 18 | | our sincere sympathy.
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