Full Text of SR1215 98th 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 Robert William "Bob" Lickiss, Sr. of | 4 | | Marquette Heights, who passed away on May 6, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lickiss, Sr. was born on September 1, 1924 | 6 | | in Percy; his parents were William and Bernice (nee Tudor) | 7 | | Lickiss; he married Colene Saak in 1946 in Chester; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lickiss, Sr. graduated with honors from | 9 | | Southern Illinois University in 1949 and earned his Master's | 10 | | Degree in Political Science and International Relations from | 11 | | the University of Chicago in 1950; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lickiss, Sr. was an award-winning sales | 13 | | representative for the topical law publisher, Commerce | 14 | | Clearing House and CCH Computax, Inc., retiring in 1990 after | 15 | | 30 years of service; after his retirement, he and his wife | 16 | | became investors and travelled extensively; in his early work | 17 | | years, he was a motion picture machine operator for his | 18 | | family's movie theater in Percy and a Borden Dairy Plant | 19 | | foreman in Peoria; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lickiss, Sr. served his country with pride | 21 | | as a member of the United States Army Air Forces during World |
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| 1 | | War II from 1943 to 1945 as a B-17 bombardier/navigator; as a | 2 | | lieutenant, he flew missions over Germany, Italy, Austria, and | 3 | | Yugoslavia and was one of the first members of military | 4 | | aviation to be trained in the use of navigational radar; he | 5 | | continued his military career in the Air Force Reserves as a | 6 | | Lieutenant Colonel and Commander of the former Peoria Air | 7 | | Reserve Squadron until his retirement in 1972; after retiring, | 8 | | he remained an active member of the Reserve Officers | 9 | | Association, serving on the Board of Directors and as Chapter | 10 | | president in 2001; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lickiss, Sr. served his community as | 12 | | chairman of the Marquette Heights Zoning Board from 1964 to | 13 | | 1978 and served briefly on the Marquette Heights Fire | 14 | | Department during a period of manpower shortage in the 1960s; | 15 | | he was also involved in numerous community projects and | 16 | | improvements; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lickiss, Sr. was preceded in death by his | 18 | | parents; his beloved step-father, David Cross; and a | 19 | | granddaughter; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Robert Lickiss, Sr. is survived by his wife, | 21 | | Colene; 6 children, Pamela Lickiss, Dr. Karen (Scott) Weiss, | 22 | | the Honorable Monica (Stuart) Marlow, Lt. Col. (ret.) Robert | 23 | | (Mary) Lickiss, Jr., Jeff (Vickie) Lickiss, and Sandy (Michael) |
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| 1 | | Isom; 13 grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchildren; therefore, | 2 | | be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 5 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Robert William "Bob" | 6 | | Lickiss, Sr.; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Robert Lickiss, Sr. as an expression | 9 | | of our sympathy.
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