Full Text of SR0622 101st 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 Gale Blake Fengel of Canton, who passed | 4 | | away on August 11, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Blake Fengel was born in Canton to Gale E. and | 6 | | Frances (Spenny) Fengel on September 19, 1927; he served in the | 7 | | U.S. Navy during World War II in the South Pacific and was at | 8 | | the first test of the atomic bomb on the Bikini Islands; he | 9 | | earned the American Campaign World War II Medal and the | 10 | | Atlantic Pacific Campaign Medal; he married Lorraine M. Walsh | 11 | | in Canton on June 12, 1954; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Blake Fengel worked as an electrician at | 13 | | International Harvester for 30 years; he also worked 10 years | 14 | | in the construction field and farmed with his brothers; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Blake Fengel was a member of the International | 16 | | Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for 68 years; he was also a | 17 | | member of Bartonville American Legion Post 979, Canton VFW Post | 18 | | 1984, the Illinois Retrievers Hunting Club, the American Kennel | 19 | | Club, and the Hunting Retrievers 1000 Club; his dog, Northern | 20 | | Exposure's Hershey, earned a Master Hunter certificate; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Blake Fengel was preceded in death by his wife, |
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| 1 | | Lorraine; his parents; and his brothers, Gene and Ray Fengel; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Blake Fengel is survived by his son, Brian (Tanya) | 4 | | Fengel; his grandchildren, Emily and Blake Fengel; his brother, | 5 | | Don Fengel; and his sister, Rose Marie Fengel; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Gale Blake Fengel and extend our sincere condolences to his | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Blake Fengel as an expression of our | 13 | | deepest sympathy.
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