Full Text of SR0006 097th 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 Ronald H. Sass of Roselle, who passed | 4 | | away on December 20, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Hilmer Sass was born in Berwyn, on May 31, | 6 | | 1943, to
Hilmer and Winifred "Peg" Sass; he was baptized as a | 7 | | child on October 6,
1943, with his sister Donna Mae, at Trinity | 8 | | Lutheran Church
in Willow Springs (now Burr Ridge); and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He was instructed in the
Lutheran faith at Trinity | 10 | | Lutheran in Willow Springs and confirmed his
faith on April | 11 | | 14,1957; he attended the Palisades
Elementary School in Willow | 12 | | Springs; he was a graduate of Lyons
Township South High School | 13 | | in Western Springs and then attended Eureka
College; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, He served his country in the United States Air
| 15 | | Force from 1962 to 1965; he was stationed in New Mexico, | 16 | | Okinawa, and
Thailand; he was involved as a member of American | 17 | | Legion Post 1084; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, He worked as a salesman for Peabody Industrials of | 19 | | England selling
capital equipment to the aluminum and steel | 20 | | industry; he became a
purchasing agent for Genco-GFG Peabody, a | 21 | | manufacturer of coil coating
equipment, in West Sussex, |
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| 1 | | Wisconsin; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, He met the woman of his life, Christine Birdsall, | 3 | | an owner of a travel
agency, on a blind date set up by his | 4 | | friends at work; on
September 9, 1967, they were married at the | 5 | | Elmhurst United Church of
Christ; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was the senior trustee on the Village Board of | 7 | | Roselle,
serving for 24 years; from 1985 to 1987, he was a | 8 | | member of the Zoning
Board of Appeals; he was a Roselle | 9 | | delegate to the referendum advisory
committee of the DuPage | 10 | | Water Commission in 1985; he was appointed
to the committee of | 11 | | the Northern DuPage Cable Television Agency and the
Roselle | 12 | | Sister City Commission, which sent him as a representative to | 13 | | Bochnia, Poland; he also served as mayor pro tem several times; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, He enjoyed fishing, golfing, playing cards, good | 16 | | music, and traveling; he was a member of Trinity Lutheran | 17 | | Church in Roselle; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Ronald Sass is survived by his wife, Christine; | 19 | | his son, Richard; his mother, Peg; his sisters,
Donna Mae | 20 | | (Edward) Mersch and Peggy (Norval "Bud") Barger; his brother,
| 21 | | Robert H. (Poppi) Sass; his brother-in-law, James (Sandra) | 22 | | Birdsall; and many
nieces, nephews, and friends; therefore, be |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 4 | | his family and friends, the passing of Ronald Sass; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Ronald Sass as a symbol of our | 8 | | sincere sympathy.
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