Full Text of SR1336 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 Warren Louis Kammerer Jr. of St. Charles, | 4 | | who passed away on July 20, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Warren Kammerer was born to Warren Louis Kammerer | 6 | | Sr. and Lois Amelia (Campbell) Kammerer in Pecatonica on | 7 | | November 6, 1925; he attended the University of Illinois, where | 8 | | he studied business administration; college was interrupted | 9 | | when he enlisted in the Army toward the end of WWII; he was | 10 | | chosen for the O.S.S. Counter Intelligence Corps, a precursor | 11 | | to the C.I.A, and was stationed in occupied Osaka, Japan; after | 12 | | the war, he completed his degree in 1951; he married his wife | 13 | | Virginia in 1970; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Warren Kammerer started his lifelong career at | 15 | | Firestone in 1951; he started in Sales and worked his way up to | 16 | | managing his own store in St. Charles for over 30 years; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Warren Kammerer held positions on many civic and | 18 | | governmental committees, including being a delegate for the | 19 | | 1992 Republican National Convention; he was honored to be the | 20 | | first elected Chairman of the Kane County Board from 1990 to | 21 | | 1996, where he was instrumental in significant infrastructure | 22 | | and financial reforms; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, A charter member of Kiwanis International, Warren | 2 | | Kammerer was also a member of the VFW, Moose International, the | 3 | | National Exchange Club, the Playmakers community theater | 4 | | group, and various church committees; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Warren Kammerer loved photography, dancing, | 6 | | watching Illini and Packer football, cars, and car shows; | 7 | | family was everything to him; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Warren Kammerer was preceded in death by his | 9 | | parents; his siblings, Katherine (Donald) Bradley, Marjorie | 10 | | (Samuel) Castree, James (Joan) Kammerer, and Wayne Kammerer; | 11 | | and his grandson, Eric Kammerer; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Warren Kammerer is survived by his wife; his | 13 | | children, Ann Kammerer, Jill (David) Kammerer, Warren Kammerer | 14 | | III, Stephen Kammerer, Holly (Tom) Regelbrugge, Lauren | 15 | | (William) Pedersen, Jinny Gilgan, and Katy (Ryan) Carlson; his | 16 | | grandchildren, Lana Kammerer and Harry and Samuel Jaffe; his | 17 | | great-grandchildren, Anyssa Green and the soon to be Ethan | 18 | | Carlson; and his siblings, Joan (Robert) Lindquist, Nellie | 19 | | (Willis) Runne, and Phyllis (Fred) Peterson; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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| 1 | | Warren Louis Kammerer Jr. and extend our sincere
condolences to | 2 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 5 | | presented to the family of Warren Kammerer as an expression of
| 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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