Full Text of SR1862 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 Cyril John "C.J." Lehnhardt of Coal | 4 | | Valley, who passed away on May 4, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Cyril Lehnhardt was born in Dubuque, Iowa to | 6 | | Albert Henry and Bertha Clara Bergmann Lehnhardt on November | 7 | | 20, 1923; he graduated from Dubuque Senior High School and, at | 8 | | age 19, entered the United States Army 10th Mountain Division | 9 | | ski troop; during World War II, he was sent to the Po Valley | 10 | | and Apennine Mountains of Northern Italy, where he served not | 11 | | on skis, but on snowshoes; he married Doris Milne in Moline on | 12 | | March 15, 1958; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Cyril Lehnhardt worked for seven years as a | 14 | | pattern-maker in Dubuque and Chicago before being hired at the | 15 | | John Deere Foundry in East Moline, where he worked mainly in | 16 | | the seeding division, creating parts for planters; he was with | 17 | | John Deere for 31 years, retiring in 1986; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Cyril Lehnhardt was a collector of various things, | 19 | | including trains, model tractors, and old switchman lanterns; | 20 | | he was a member of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, the | 21 | | Central Electric Rail Fans Association, the Railway and | 22 | | Locomotive Historical Society, and the Antique Engine Tractor |
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| 1 | | Association; he was a charter member of the Two-Cylinder Club | 2 | | (now the Deere Valley Collectors Tractor Club) and the Iowa | 3 | | Chapter National Railroad Historical Society; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Cyril Lehnhardt was a member of Colona United | 5 | | Methodist Church and Coal Valley Masonic Lodge 547; he was a | 6 | | charter member of the Coal Valley State Bank and the Quad | 7 | | Cities Pattern Maker's Federal Credit Union; he served on the | 8 | | Board of Directors for the Blackhawk State Bank in Milan for 25 | 9 | | years, up to the age of 88; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Cyril Lehnhardt was preceded in death by his wife, | 11 | | Doris; his brothers, Kenneth and Donald Lehnhardt; his sisters, | 12 | | Marcella Luz and Doris Lehnhardt; and his nephews, Wayne | 13 | | Schmidt and Gary Lehnhardt; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Cyril Lehnhardt is survived by his nieces and | 15 | | nephews, Dr. Warren and Carla Schmidt, David Luz, Debbie | 16 | | Arebalo, Shelley and Rod Kirsch, Barbara and Barney Bishop, | 17 | | Richard Lehnhardt, Robert and Carol Lehnhardt, Pamela | 18 | | Beauchamp, Steven and Cindy Sim, and Mary Ann Crimmins; and | 19 | | many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends, including Diane | 20 | | Beauchamp and Jeraldine Clewell; and a special caregiver, | 21 | | Deborah Chokkalingam; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Cyril John "C.J." Lehnhardt, and extend our sincere condolences | 3 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 4 | | it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Cyril Lehnhardt as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy.
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