Full Text of SR0353 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Bernard W. "Bernie" Cerar of Monmouth, | 4 | | who passed away on May 26, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Cerar was born
to Paul and Jeanette Cerar | 6 | | in Nokomis; he moved with his family to Carlinville and | 7 | | graduated from Carlinville High School in 1955; he served in | 8 | | the U.S. Army, where he rose to the rank of
staff sergeant and | 9 | | was stationed in Darmstadt, Germany; he married Monique Beau | 10 | | in Courbevoie, a suburb of Paris, France, on April 19,
1958; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Cerar and Monique owned and operated a | 13 | | number of
notable businesses, including Cerar's Barnstormer | 14 | | Restaurant; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Cerar volunteered in various charitable | 16 | | organizations, served on his son's school board,
and more | 17 | | recently, proudly served as a fire-police commissioner of | 18 | | Monmouth; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Cerar loved
going to Innkeeper's Coffee, | 20 | | where he enjoyed having coffee and many conversations with his | 21 | | friends; he loved following the news and watching vintage |
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| 1 | | westerns, and he was a lifelong and loyal fan of the St. Louis | 2 | | Cardinals; he was a hardworking and caring son, brother, | 3 | | husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Cerar was preceded in death by his | 5 | | daughter-in-law, Clare Conway Cerar; his grandson-in-law, | 6 | | Steven Russell; his parents;
and his siblings, Barbara, Helen, | 7 | | Paul, Henry, Doris, Jeanette, June, and Patty; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Bernie Cerar is survived by wife of 65 years, | 9 | | Monique; his sons, Marc-Henri, Daniel, and Kevin;
his | 10 | | daughter-in-law, Amanda; his grandchildren, Nicholas, April, | 11 | | Amanda, Jennifer, Ryan, Katie, and Alexandra; his | 12 | | great-grandchildren,
Liam, Jaxen, Rylie, Connor, Clark, | 13 | | Abigail, and Anzleigh; his siblings, Claudette Krupnick and
| 14 | | George (Rita) Cerar; and many nieces and nephews; therefore, | 15 | | be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Bernard W. "Bernie" Cerar and extend our sincere condolences | 19 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 20 | | it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Bernie Cerar as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy.
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