Full Text of SR1570 99th 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 Ralph W. Thoma of McHenry, who passed | 4 | | away on January 28, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Thoma was born on April 18, 1944 in Chicago; | 6 | | his parents were Matthew and Myrtle (nee Schmook) Thoma; he | 7 | | moved with his family the age of 12 to a lakefront home on | 8 | | McCullom Lake at the age of 12; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Thoma was a 1962 graduate of McHenry High | 10 | | School; the following year, be became a member of the drum and | 11 | | bugle band for Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #4600; he | 12 | | graduated from DeVry Technical Institute as an electronics | 13 | | technician on September 4, 1964; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Thoma entered the United States Army in June | 15 | | of 1965 and served in Vietnam; he received an aircraft | 16 | | maintenance diploma and a single rotor turbine utility | 17 | | helicopter maintenance course diploma, and worked on the | 18 | | double-bladed Chinook helicopter; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, After being discharged from the Army in 1967, | 20 | | Ralph Thoma tended bar for a time at The Question Mark in | 21 | | McHenry; the bar's owner, Roger Beu, would become an important |
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| 1 | | part of Ralph's career by employing him for welding jobs; when | 2 | | Roger Beu founded a new business, B & R Erectors, Ralph began | 3 | | his career there, working on the installation, repair, and | 4 | | relocation of bleachers in school gyms and sports fields; the | 5 | | position took him all over the United States; he also designed | 6 | | and installed the stadium seats in Willow Creek Church in | 7 | | Barrington and the seating at Soldier Field; he returned to B & | 8 | | R after his retirement from there, working on building and | 9 | | putting together motors for bleachers until October of 2015; | 10 | | and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Thoma was a member of the Fox Lake American | 12 | | Legion Post 703, McHenry Moose Lodge 691, a lifetime member of | 13 | | PLAV Post #188, and a lifetime member and the first Vietnam | 14 | | veteran to be made commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post | 15 | | 4600 in McHenry; he was also a member of Shepherd of the Hills | 16 | | Lutheran Church in McHenry; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Thoma was preceded in death by his parents | 18 | | and his brother, Ray (Ann) Thoma; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Ralph Thoma is survived by his wife of 28 years, | 20 | | Pam; his step-children, Kym (Phil) Belyaev and Kevin (Valerie) | 21 | | Diedrich; his grandchildren, Drew, Kati, Zach, Lexi, Colleen, | 22 | | and Ryan; and his brothers, Robert Thoma, Ron (Maureen) Thoma, | 23 | | and Michael (Karen) Thoma; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 3 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Ralph W. Thoma; and be | 4 | | it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Ralph Thoma as an expression of our | 7 | | sympathy.
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