Full Text of SR1360 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 Robert "Bob" Eugene Billiter of Morton, | 4 | | who passed away on August 8, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bob Billiter was born to Joseph and Georgene | 6 | | Conklin Billiter in Atlanta, Illinois on April 9, 1931; he was | 7 | | a 1949 graduate of Atlanta High School and attended Illinois | 8 | | State Normal University; he enlisted in the United States Army | 9 | | in 1951; although he suffered from rheumatic fever and was | 10 | | later hospitalized for six weeks while in basic training, he | 11 | | served his country with the 5th RCT in Korea during the Korean | 12 | | conflict from 1951 to 1953; he rotated back to the states the | 13 | | day after the Armistice was signed in July of 1953; he married | 14 | | Wanda Reinhart in Waynesville on June 13, 1954; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Upon returning from the service, Bob Billiter | 16 | | worked briefly for the Atlanta Argus newspaper and for General | 17 | | Electric in Bloomington; he then began work at the Cutler | 18 | | Hammer Eaton Corporation in Lincoln; in 1993, he retired as a | 19 | | senior buyer for Cutler Hammer Eaton after 35 years of service; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Bob Billiter was a lifelong member of the Atlanta | 22 | | Methodist Church, where he served for many years on the |
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| 1 | | Administrative Council and Trustees; he was also an active | 2 | | member of the Atlanta Methodist Men; he served on the Atlanta A | 3 | | Team, as past president of the Central Illinois Purchasing | 4 | | Association, as past president of the Atlanta Lions Club, and | 5 | | as a trustee for the Abraham Lincoln Hospital Board from 1975 | 6 | | to 1981, and he was a 67-year member of the Atlanta American | 7 | | Legion Post 341; he said his most satisfying service to the | 8 | | Atlanta community was as treasurer on the Atlanta Library Board | 9 | | when the clock tower at the corner of Race and Arch streets was | 10 | | constructed on the library grounds; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Bob Billiter loved spending time with Wanda, his | 12 | | family, and friends at many Lake of the Ozarks resorts; in | 13 | | 1984, he and Wanda purchased a cabin on the lake in Camdenton, | 14 | | Missouri, where many fond memories were made with their | 15 | | grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Bob Billiter was preceded in death by his parents | 17 | | and his two brothers, Edward and Joseph Jr; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Bob Billiter is survived by his wife of 66 years, | 19 | | Wanda; his son, Kirk (Rebecca) Billiter; his daughter, Carolyn | 20 | | (Gary) Henricks; his five grandchildren, Jenna (Lance) | 21 | | Montgomery, Andrew (Rachel) Henricks, Derek (Kara) Henricks, | 22 | | Dylan (Sophie) Henricks, and Kelsey Henricks; and his nine | 23 | | great-grandchildren, Gracyn, Graham, and Sloane Montgomery, |
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| 1 | | Leo and Ivy Henricks, and Oliver, Audrey, Phoebe, and Ruby | 2 | | Henricks; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 5 | | Robert "Bob" Eugene Billiter and extend our sincere
condolences | 6 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be | 7 | | it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 9 | | presented to the family of Bob Billiter as an expression of
our | 10 | | deepest sympathy.
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