Full Text of SR0136 094th General Assembly
SR0136 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Lewis Jule Krause, former | 4 |
| mayor of Collinsville, on Monday, March 21, 2005; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, He was born on August 25, 1917, in Trenton; he | 6 |
| graduated from Collinsville High School in 1935 and was | 7 |
| presented the Alumni Achievement Award in 2002; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Krause retired from Allied Chemical and the | 9 |
| Illinois Department of Transportation; he served three | 10 |
| consecutive terms as mayor of Collinsville from 1967 to 1979; | 11 |
| in three consecutive elections, he never lost a precinct; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, As mayor, he oversaw Collinsville's rebirth from a | 13 |
| coal mining community to a commercial community; he initiated | 14 |
| the appropriation of over $4,000,000 in federal grants, which | 15 |
| helped provide a city-wide sewage system project, the | 16 |
| restoration of City Hall, the expansion of the fire station and | 17 |
| a new police station; the sewer project changed Collinsville | 18 |
| forever; when it began, less than half of the city had sewer | 19 |
| service, and by the time he left office, 90 percent of the city | 20 |
| had sewers; he also oversaw a permanent street surfacing | 21 |
| program; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, He was a member and past president of St. John | 23 |
| United Church of Christ and member and past president of the | 24 |
| Collinsville Democratic Club, the Collinsville Masonic Lodge | 25 |
| #712, Ainad Shrine, and the American Legion Post #365 of | 26 |
| Collinsville; he also had served on many civic and governmental | 27 |
| committees and boards; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Josephine, | 29 |
| nee Diaz, Krause, whom he married on June 28, 1943; his | 30 |
| parents, Julius and Margaret, nee Stahl, Krause; his brothers, |
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| Orville, Leroy, Vernon, and Norman Krause; and his sisters, | 2 |
| Pearl Pflugbeil, Estella Wrigley, Mildred Sperino Sapp, Olga | 3 |
| Geers, Emylyn Krause, and Ramona Berta; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Lewis Jule Krause has been deeply | 5 |
| felt by many, especially his son, Terry (Candace) Krause; his | 6 |
| sisters, Christine Becker and Lenore Parker; his | 7 |
| brother-in-law, Dennis (Peggy) Diaz; his grandchildren, Katie, | 8 |
| Tyler, Sydney, and Bailey; and his numerous nieces and nephews; | 9 |
| he was also preceded in death by his parents, Julius and | 10 |
| Margaret, nee Stahl, Krause; his brothers, Orville, Leroy, | 11 |
| Vernon, and Norman Krause; and his sisters, Pearl Pflugbeil, | 12 |
| Estella Wrigley, Mildred Sperino Sapp, Olga Geers, Emylyn | 13 |
| Krause, and Ramona Berta; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 16 |
| Lewis Jule Krause, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 17 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 18 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincere | 21 |
| condolences.
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