Full Text of SR0616 93rd General Assembly
SR0616 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Lee Raymond Schar of | 4 |
| Whitefish, Montana, formerly of Chicago, on Tuesday, June 15, | 5 |
| 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Schar was born on January 13, 1945, to Wallace | 7 |
| and Fern Schar of Naperville; he grew up in Berkeley and | 8 |
| attended Proviso West High School; he attended the University | 9 |
| of Illinois, where he graduated in 1968 with a psychology major | 10 |
| and a minor in human factor engineering; he married Joyce G. | 11 |
| Corry a year later; and
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| WHEREAS, After spending time as a school teacher, Mr. Schar | 13 |
| began working as a Secret Service agent in 1974, moving to | 14 |
| Washington, D.C., in 1980; he worked on the security details of | 15 |
| Vice President Walter Mondale and President George H.W. Bush; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Schar returned to Chicago after 8 years to | 18 |
| head the counterfeit and fraud divisions; he retired briefly in | 19 |
| 2000 after 26 years with the Secret Service, pursuing his dream | 20 |
| of living in the west and building a mountain home; following | 21 |
| the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he endured testing | 22 |
| to become a supervisor for federal air marshals in Seattle as | 23 |
| part of the Homeland Security initiative; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Schar was a loyal Chicago Cubs and Bears fan; | 25 |
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Lee Raymond Schar has been deeply | 27 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Joyce; his children, Kristin | 28 |
| and Katherine Schar and Jenny (Seth) Hutt; his parents, Fern | 29 |
| and Wallace Schar; his brothers, James (Jan) and Keith (Beth) | 30 |
| Schar; and his many nieces, nephews, and friends; therefore, be |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 |
| Lee Raymond Schar, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 5 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 6 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of Lee Raymond Schar as an expression | 9 |
| of our sincere condolences.
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