Full Text of SR0590 97th 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 Earl R. Rogers of Bloomington, who passed | 4 | | away on December 24, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born September 21, 1935, in Chicago, the | 6 | | son of Vernon and Marie Biller Rogers; he married Kathleen Daly | 7 | | on May 15, 1982, in Bloomington; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He graduated from Fort Wayne Central High School, | 9 | | Class of 1954, and Purdue University; he worked for Pure Oil | 10 | | from 1954 to 1958 and Old Fort Supply from 1958 to 1972, both | 11 | | in Fort Wayne, Indiana; he was recruited to work in Bloomington | 12 | | for Builders Supply Co. in 1972 and worked there for 10 years; | 13 | | from 1982 to 1990, he managed ACME Brick Co. in New Orleans, | 14 | | Louisiana; from 1990 to 1995, he worked at West Side Forest | 15 | | Products; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Along with his partner, Kent Waterkotte, he | 17 | | started Midwest Lumber Products, retiring in 2005; after | 18 | | retirement, he volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, The Fuller | 19 | | Center for Housing, BroMenn Thrift Shop, and the Central | 20 | | Catholic Athletic Department; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and his |
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| 1 | | sister, Marie Troeger; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Earl Rogers is survived by his wife, Kathleen; his | 3 | | son, Michael (Angeline) Rogers; his daughter, Sheryl (Ashok | 4 | | Srinivasan) Rogers; his stepchildren, Bridget, Molly, and Tom | 5 | | Larkin; his grandchildren, Ashley Rogers, Laura Fuller, | 6 | | Kristen Hess, Sgt. Jordan Larkin, Noah and Jack Bradshaw, and | 7 | | Ashley and Nick Larkin; his brother, Vernon Rogers; and his | 8 | | sisters, Ramona Newell and Lucille Rogers; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 | | his family and friends, the passing of Earl Rogers; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Earl Rogers as a symbol of our | 15 | | sincere sympathy.
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