Full Text of SR1859 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 Clifton G. Bergeron of Urbana, who passed | 4 | | away on April 14, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Clifton Bergeron was born in Los Angeles, | 6 | | California to Lewis G. and Rose Dengel Bergeron on January 5, | 7 | | 1925; he served from 1943 to 1946 as a Corporal in the United | 8 | | States Army 14th Armored Division in England, France, and | 9 | | Germany during World War II; he was awarded the | 10 | | European-African Campaign Medal with two Bronze Battle Stars; | 11 | | he married Laura Kaario in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 9, | 12 | | 1950; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Clifton Bergeron graduated from the University of | 14 | | Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1950 with a degree in ceramic | 15 | | engineering and was employed in the research and development | 16 | | laboratories of the A.O. Smith Corp. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; | 17 | | in 1955, he joined the Whirlpool Corp. of St. Joseph, Michigan | 18 | | as a staff engineer; he returned to the University of Illinois | 19 | | in 1957 and was employed as a research associate in the | 20 | | Department of Ceramic Engineering; he earned his Master of | 21 | | Science in 1959 and his Ph.D. in Ceramic Engineering in 1961; | 22 | | he was appointed an assistant professor in 1961, full professor | 23 | | in 1967, and head of the Department of Ceramic Engineering in |
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| 1 | | 1978; he retired in 1988, but remained active as a consultant | 2 | | to the industry; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, In recognition of Clifton Bergeron's many | 4 | | contributions to his profession, he was named a fellow of the | 5 | | American Ceramic Society in 1967; he received the University of | 6 | | Illinois College of Engineering Everitt Award for Teaching | 7 | | Excellence in 1975, the American Ceramic Society Outstanding | 8 | | Educator Award in 1988, and the ACS Greaves-Walker Award for | 9 | | Professional Achievement in 2005; he was especially pleased | 10 | | when a group of his former students established an endowed | 11 | | scholarship in his name in 2004; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Clifton Bergeron enjoyed fishing, woodworking, | 13 | | and nature photography; he was a member of the Nature | 14 | | Conservancy, the Izaak Walton League, the Wilderness Society, | 15 | | the Sierra Club, and the Prairie Rivers Network; he served as a | 16 | | volunteer reader for the sight-impaired at the Illinois Radio | 17 | | Reader for a number of years; he was also an avid home wine | 18 | | maker; he and his family enjoyed camping and fishing vacations | 19 | | with his parents throughout northern Illinois and southern | 20 | | Wisconsin;
and | 21 | | WHEREAS, In 1968, Clifton Bergeron and his wife bought land | 22 | | on a small lake near the Salt Fork River and spent a great deal | 23 | | of time at a cabin, enjoying many happy weekends relaxing, |
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| 1 | | fishing, and forming enduring friendships with neighboring | 2 | | cabin owners; in later years, they enjoyed visiting Meadowbrook | 3 | | Park, where a small grove of trees and a bench memorialize | 4 | | Laura's love for the park; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Clifton Bergeron moved to Clark-Lindsey Village | 6 | | in 2006, where he was an active participant in daily life, | 7 | | serving on numerous committees, and contributing articles and | 8 | | nature photographs to The Village Voice magazine published by | 9 | | CLV residents; he eventually rose to the position of Co-Chair | 10 | | of the magazine, and then Chair, serving in those capacities | 11 | | for several years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Clifton Bergeron took photographs of the many | 13 | | animals, insects, and plants in nearby Meadowbrook Park, which | 14 | | were enjoyed by his fellow residents; he was given a bulletin | 15 | | board at CLV, "Clif's Nature Corner", where he posted | 16 | | photographs with informative and entertaining captions and | 17 | | quizzes on a regular basis, bringing the natural world indoors | 18 | | to share, particularly with those who had difficulty visiting | 19 | | the park themselves; he collaborated on projects in the | 20 | | workshop with his fellow residents, including building a new | 21 | | scoreboard for use in the outdoor shuffleboard games in the | 22 | | summer; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Clifton Bergeron was preceded in death by his |
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| 1 | | wife, Laura; his parents; and his sister, Shirley Marsh; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Clifton Bergeron is survived by his daughter, Ann | 3 | | Bergeron (Kevin Fahey); his son, Louis Bergeron; his niece, | 4 | | Carrie (Mike) Benvenuti; and his nephew, Mike (Pam) Marsh; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Clifton G. Bergeron, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Clifton Bergeron as an expression of | 13 | | our deepest sympathy.
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