Full Text of SR0604 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
Robert E. "Bob" Koeller, who passed away | 4 | | on February 11, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Koeller was born on September 26, 1924, in | 6 | | Alton; he was the son of Henry B. and Eva (Ruppaner) Koeller; | 7 | | he married Gracie E. Herrmann on August 28, 1948, at St. | 8 | | Ambrose Catholic Church; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Robert Koeller graduated from St. Mary's Grade | 10 | | School in Alton; he then attended Marquette High School for 3 | 11 | | years before graduating from Jerseyville Township High School; | 12 | | he also attended the University of Illinois and SIU | 13 | | Edwardsville; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Robert Koeller was a partner in Koeller Bros. | 15 | | Farms in Godfrey; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Robert Koeller was active throughout his life in | 17 | | promoting agricultural interests; he was a lifetime member of | 18 | | Madison County Farm Bureau and served as president before being | 19 | | elected to the Illinois Farm Bureau Board of Directors, where | 20 | | he served for 8 years; he served as a member of the Madison | 21 | | County Farmland Review Committee for 20 years; he also served |
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| 1 | | on the Board of Directors for Country Life Insurance, Godfrey | 2 | | State Bank, and Wedge Bank of Alton and served as manager of | 3 | | the Godfrey Township Utility Board for 10 years; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Robert Koeller was instrumental in the creation of | 5 | | the Farmland Assessment Law; he also served on Governor Jim | 6 | | Thompson's State Tax Reform Commission as an agriculture | 7 | | representative; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Koeller served in numerous roles in the | 9 | | Village of Godfrey's development; he helped guide the | 10 | | incorporation of Godfrey into a village in 1993, served on the | 11 | | village's Transition Committee, and served on several | 12 | | development committees, including the Godfrey Community | 13 | | Planning and Economic Development Committee; he also served on | 14 | | the village's Sewer Board and was instrumental in bringing a | 15 | | sewer plant to Godfrey in the 1970s; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Robert Koeller was a charter member of St. Ambrose | 17 | | Catholic Church in Godfrey; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Robert Koeller enjoyed farming, fishing, and | 19 | | traveling with his wife; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Robert Koeller was preceded in death by his | 21 | | brother and partner in business, Louis B. Koeller; his sister, |
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| 1 | | Mary Jane Koeller; and his son, Richard "Rick" L. Koeller; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Robert Koeller is survived by his wife of 63 | 3 | | years, Gracie; his children, Karen A. Zuckerman (Richard), | 4 | | Robert H. Koeller, Connie T. Koeller, and Steven P. Koeller; | 5 | | and his grandchildren, Jessica Koeller, Nicholas Koeller, and | 6 | | Bradley Koeller; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 | | his family and friends, the passing of Robert Koeller; and be | 10 | | it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Robert Koeller as an expression of | 13 | | our sympathy.
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