Full Text of SR0576 95th General Assembly
SR0576 95TH 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
Lester Saxe of Benton, who passed away on | 4 |
| March 2, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Lester Saxe was born on September 23, 1916 in | 6 |
| rural Wayne County; he was the fourth child of eight for Glenn | 7 |
| and Edith Potter Saxe; he married Susie Ellen Harris on | 8 |
| February 27, 1937; and
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| WHEREAS, After his marriage, Lester Saxe and his wife spent | 10 |
| a few years as tenant farmers in West Village in rural Edwards | 11 |
| County; he left the farm to work for Country Mutual Casualty | 12 |
| Company; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, In 1944, Lester Saxe joined the United States | 14 |
| Army; he served in the South Pacific and was on a ship heading | 15 |
| to invade Japan when the atomic bombs were dropped, ending | 16 |
| World War II; after returning from the war, he continued as a | 17 |
| claims adjustor for Country Mutual, retiring in 1981 after 40 | 18 |
| years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1949, Lester Saxe and his wife bought a farm | 20 |
| and moved their family to rural Thompsonville, where they | 21 |
| resided until his wife's passing in 1993; and
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| WHEREAS, Lester Saxe was active in the community as a 4-H | 2 |
| leader and Akin Grade School board member; he served as a | 3 |
| Sunday school teacher, superintendent, and lay leader at Mount | 4 |
| Etna Methodist Church; he was also a member of the Akin Water | 5 |
| District and Franklin County Farm Bureau Boards and the First | 6 |
| Church of the Nazarene in Benton; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Lester Saxe was a faithful follower of all | 8 |
| extracurricular activities in which his children and | 9 |
| grandchildren were involved; he enjoyed playing his harmonica | 10 |
| whenever and wherever the urge arose; and
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| WHEREAS, Lester Saxe was preceded in death by his wife, | 12 |
| Susie; his children, Charlotte and David; his sisters, Ruby | 13 |
| Amann, Clara Lankford, and Florence Hortin; and his brothers, | 14 |
| Drexal, Arthur, and Dante Saxe; and
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| WHEREAS, Lester Saxe is survived by his children and their | 16 |
| spouses, Merilee and Lindell Anderson, Tom and Susan Saxe, | 17 |
| Larry and Sharon Saxe, and Elaine and Norman Hayden; his 13 | 18 |
| grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren; his sister, Marie | 19 |
| Green; his sisters-in-law, Marjorie Saxe and Mildred Saxe; and | 20 |
| his several nieces and nephews; and
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| WHEREAS, Lester Saxe's family increased in size when he |
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| married Marjorie Cunningham and added her children, Charles | 2 |
| Webster and wife, Sondra, David Webster and wife, Sharon, and | 3 |
| Joyce Morton and her husband, John; their children brought them | 4 |
| 6 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it | 5 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Lester Saxe; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Lester Saxe as an expression of our | 11 |
| sympathy.
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