Full Text of SR0542 093rd General Assembly
SR0542 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Ivan Walter Schroeder of | 4 |
| Galesburg on Sunday, May 2, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Schroeder was born on December 15, 1919, in | 6 |
| Hancock, Iowa, to Walter Henry and Ella Dorothea Woltmann | 7 |
| Schroeder; he married Veta Burnett Marshall on November 23, | 8 |
| 1940, in Lewis, Iowa; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Schroeder valiantly served his country from | 10 |
| 1944 to 1946 during World War II in the U.S. Army, attaining | 11 |
| the rank of corporal; he was a member of Company D of the 745th | 12 |
| Railroad Operating Battalion; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Schroeder worked for Iowa State Telephone Co. | 14 |
| from 1938 to 1942; from 1942 until retiring in 1980, he worked | 15 |
| as an engineer for the CB&Q Railroad in Galesburg, which later | 16 |
| became Burlington Northern Railroad; he was a member of the | 17 |
| Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Division 644; he was also a | 18 |
| member of First United Methodist Church in Galesburg; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Ivan Walter Schroeder has been | 20 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Veta Burnett | 21 |
| Marshall; his daughters, Delores (and Jack) Howerter, Karen | 22 |
| (and Gary) Thomas, and Janice (and Neill) Unger; his brothers, | 23 |
| Dexter, Lloyd, and Howard; his sister, Dorothy Keller; his 5 | 24 |
| grandchildren; his 3 step-grandchildren; his 2 | 25 |
| great-grandchildren; and his 5 step-great-grandchildren; | 26 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 28 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 29 |
| Ivan Walter Schroeder, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 30 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to the family of Ivan Walter Schroeder as an | 4 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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