Full Text of SR0456 096th General Assembly
SR0456 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of James William Wheeler of Newark, formerly | 4 |
| of Warrenville, who passed away on September 27, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, James William Wheeler was born August 31, 1935 in | 6 |
| Bear Creek, Wisconsin, the son of Ralph and Beatrice (Lehman) | 7 |
| Wheeler; he was united in marriage on January 5, 1963 in | 8 |
| Maywood, to the former Eloise Sefranek and they spent the next | 9 |
| 46 happy years together; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Wheeler served his country proudly as a member | 11 |
| of the United States Army; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the owner and operator of Wheeler Home | 13 |
| Specialist Inc.; he was civic minded and was very active in | 14 |
| serving the communities where he lived and was a former member | 15 |
| of the Warrenville Town Council and the Warrenville Building & | 16 |
| Planning Commission in Warrenville; he was the President of the | 17 |
| Fern Dell Historical Association in Newark, a member of the Big | 18 |
| Grove Township Zoning Commission, was very active in raising | 19 |
| and selling miniature horses, and was the past President of the | 20 |
| Illinois Miniature Horse Owners Association; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and |
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| Beatrice Wheeler; his son, Michael Wheeler; and his | 2 |
| brother-in-law, Lonnie Red; and
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| WHEREAS, James Wheeler is survived by his wife, Eloise | 4 |
| Wheeler; his children, Steven (Elizabeth) Wheeler and Jennifer | 5 |
| (Tim) DeBow; his grandsons, Michael and Danny DeBow; his | 6 |
| brothers, DuWayne (Dulcie) Wheeler and Larry Wheeler; his | 7 |
| sister, Colleen Red; his daughter-in-law, Michele Wheeler; as | 8 |
| well as several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| his family and friends, the passing of James Wheeler; and be it | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of James Wheeler as a symbol of our | 15 |
| sincere sympathy.
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