Full Text of SR0565 100th 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 Hans Chrestian Petersen of McHenry, who | 4 | | passed away on May 3, 2017; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Hans Petersen was born to Bennet and Martha | 6 | | (Nielsen) Petersen on November 29, 1923 and raised on a dairy | 7 | | farm in Wisconsin; he served in the United States Army Air | 8 | | Force during World War II and moved to Chicago where he met his | 9 | | wife, Nancy; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Hans Petersen was hardworking, having two | 11 | | careers; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Hans Petersen was known as a quiet, gentle giant; | 13 | | there was not a person who met him that did not like him; he was | 14 | | a "champion whistler", often whistling to the tune of "Sweet | 15 | | Georgia Brown"; he enjoyed listening to HAM Radio, fishing, | 16 | | gardening, and racing; he will be remembered as everyone's | 17 | | friend and will be sorely missed by all who knew him; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Hans Petersen was preceded in death by his | 19 | | parents; his loving wife, Nancy; his siblings, James and | 20 | | Marion; and his granddaughter, Megan; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Hans Petersen is survived by his children, Bennet | 2 | | (Nancy) Petersen, Bryan Petersen, and Shari (Alan Gegenheimer) | 3 | | Olk; his grandchildren, Carey (Justin) Runyard, Lindsay (Guy) | 4 | | Porth, Aimee (Jason) Landini, Alexander (Amy) Petersen, Troy | 5 | | (Kim) Petersen, Jennifer (Chad) Chorney, Gregory Petersen, | 6 | | Bennet Petersen, Katlyn (James) Ceplawskes, and Ashley Olk; his | 7 | | great-grandchildren, Austin, Nathan, Hannah, Violet, Lane, | 8 | | Sullivan, Alexis, Ethan, Owen, Emilee, Aksel, Haylie, Hayden, | 9 | | Aaron, Kaitlyn, MacKenzie, Azure, Ana, Aydin, and Leila; and | 10 | | his sister, Else Petersen; therefore, be it | 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Hans Chrestian Petersen, and extend our sincere condolences to | 14 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Hans Petersen as an expression of | 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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