Full Text of SR0603 95th General Assembly
SR0603 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 Lynn Edwin Salier of Arlington Heights, | 4 |
| who passed away on November 20, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Lynn Edwin Salier worked his way through Knox | 6 |
| College in Galesburg, while participating with the Beta Theta | 7 |
| Pi fraternity and in the Army's ROTC program;
Mr. Salier | 8 |
| remained active over the years with Knox College's alumni | 9 |
| association, and he helped to recruit prospective students; he | 10 |
| attended his 50-year reunion in 2006, and in 2007 he received | 11 |
| the Knox College Service Award for his long commitment to the | 12 |
| institution and its students; and
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| WHEREAS, After his graduation in 1956, Mr. Salier served in | 14 |
| Korea with the United States Army, moving up the officer's | 15 |
| ranks to captain; after his return from service, he met and | 16 |
| married his wife, Dawne; together they celebrated 46 years of | 17 |
| marriage; and
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| WHEREAS, He earned his master's degrees in counseling from | 19 |
| Northern Illinois University; he accepted a teaching job in the | 20 |
| Northwest suburbs, starting out as an English teacher at Grove | 21 |
| Junior High School in Elk Grove Village; and
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| WHEREAS, He later moved to Elk Grove High School to accept | 2 |
| a position as a counselor; he worked with another counselor to | 3 |
| run peer groups and other support groups for students; when he | 4 |
| wasn't in the classroom, Mr. Salier enjoyed outdoor activities, | 5 |
| including hiking and skiing; he took up downhill skiing at | 6 |
| Wilmot Mountain in Wisconsin before earning his certification | 7 |
| with the National Ski Patrol; as a couple, Mr. Salier and Dawne | 8 |
| enjoyed walking, making a goal to walk every street in | 9 |
| Arlington Heights, which they did over the course of two years, | 10 |
| 230 miles of city streets and 20 miles of state highways; and
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| WHEREAS, Lynn Salier is survived by his wife, Dawne; his | 12 |
| daughters, Natasha Schnell and Nicole (Sergei) Okhokonin; and | 13 |
| one granddaughter, Sawyer Schnell; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 |
| his family, friends, and former students, the passing of Lynn | 17 |
| Edwin Salier; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Lynn Salier as a symbol of our | 20 |
| sympathy.
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