Full Text of SR1146 101st 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 Melvin Fredrick Schroeder of Pesotum, who | 4 | | passed away on April 4, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Schroeder was born to Ernest and Irene | 6 | | (Kresin) Schroeder of Sadorus on February 17, 1936; he | 7 | | graduated from Unity High School in 1953; he attended Illinois | 8 | | State University; he married Shirley Augsburger at Trinity | 9 | | Lutheran Church in Peoria on August 4, 1957; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Schroeder farmed his entire life in the | 11 | | Sadorus-Pesotum area; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Schroeder served his community as a member | 13 | | on the Champaign County Regional School Board, the Champaign | 14 | | County Mental Health Board, and the Champaign County Zoning | 15 | | Board of Appeals; he was also the past president of the | 16 | | Champaign County Farm Bureau; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Schroeder was a lifelong member of St. | 18 | | Paul's Lutheran Church in Sadorus, where he enjoyed teaching | 19 | | Sunday school; alongside his wife, he served as a 4-H leader | 20 | | for the Pesotum Pioneers for many years; he was a lifetime | 21 | | member of the Unity Athletic Alumni Association; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Schroeder will be remembered as someone who | 2 | | especially enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and | 3 | | traveling with his wife, as well as greeting and talking with | 4 | | anyone he might encounter along the way; he will be missed by | 5 | | his family and friends; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Schroeder is survived by his wife of 62 | 7 | | years, Shirley Schroeder; his sons, Chris Schroeder, Randy | 8 | | Schroeder, and Jon (Susan) Schroeder; his grandchildren, Jenna | 9 | | Linton, Jason Schroeder, Justin (Ericka) Schroeder, and Noah | 10 | | Schroeder; his great-grandchild, Tucker Schroeder; his sister, | 11 | | Lois (Don) Wood; his sister-in-law, Phyliss (Don) Willems; and | 12 | | his brother-in-law, Carl Johnson; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Melvin Fredrick Schroeder and extend our sincere condolences to | 16 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Melvin Schroeder as an expression of | 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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