Full Text of SR0641 94th General Assembly
SR0641 94TH 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 the Reverend Paul M. | 4 |
| Johannaber of Saint Charles on Tuesday, November 29, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born February 17, 1919, in Marthasville, | 6 |
| Missouri, to Robert and Dora (Meier) Johannaber; he was a | 7 |
| graduate of Stockton High School and attended the College of | 8 |
| the Pacific, both in California; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Johannaber served his country as a member | 10 |
| of the U.S. Army during World War II; his Christian life and | 11 |
| character were both shaped and expressed during his years in | 12 |
| military service; and
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| WHEREAS, He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech from | 14 |
| Wheaton College in 1949 and a Master of Divinity degree in | 15 |
| 1971; during his graduate school years, he taught speech and | 16 |
| coached junior varsity debate; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the honorary speech fraternity, | 18 |
| Pi Kappa Delta, and helped found the Seminary Club, serving as | 19 |
| its president for one year; he was a student pastor of Hillside | 20 |
| Baptist Church in Aurora from 1949 to 1954, when he became | 21 |
| superintendent of Wayside Cross Rescue Mission; he was ordained | 22 |
| to the gospel ministry in Claim Baptist Church on December 1, | 23 |
| 1952; and
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| WHEREAS, During his thirty years at Wayside Cross, he was | 25 |
| known for changing the lives of addicts and reaching out to the | 26 |
| needy; under his leadership, the mission launched a women's | 27 |
| program, began Aurora's first summer school for children of | 28 |
| Spanish-speaking migrant works, and opened summer camps for | 29 |
| children, a halfway house for parolees, an emergency shelter | 30 |
| for homeless women and children, work rehabilitation for |
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| recovering alcoholics, and held daily Bible classes and | 2 |
| counseling services at Kane County jail; the first | 3 |
| Spanish-speaking church in Aurora, Life Spring Ministries, and | 4 |
| the Riverwoods Christian Center were all outgrowths of his work | 5 |
| at Wayside Cross; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Rotary Club of Aurora, the | 7 |
| Wheaton College Alumni Association, the Aurora Area Clergy | 8 |
| Association, the Aurora Prayer Breakfast Group, the | 9 |
| International Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, and many | 10 |
| others; he served several of those organizations as president | 11 |
| or chairman; he was honored for service to God and country by | 12 |
| the Kiwanis Club, the Cosmopolitan Club, the Illinois Migrant | 13 |
| Council, and others; he was named a Paul Harris Fellow by the | 14 |
| Rotary Foundation of Rotary International; and
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| WHEREAS, His favorite recreation activities included | 16 |
| fishing, water-skiing, and travel, and family reunions were a | 17 |
| major interest for him; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Reverend Johannaber has been deeply | 19 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Katherine (Deckman), whom he | 20 |
| met in 1940 at a Methodist youth camp in Forest Home, | 21 |
| California; his daughter, Lois Ruth (Daniel Jon) Diercks; his | 22 |
| grandchildren, Jonathan Paul (Keli) Diercks, Belinda Kay | 23 |
| (Joel) Wordlaw, David Jeremy Diercks, and Timothy James (LeAnn) | 24 |
| Diercks; and his great-grandchildren, Davis Jonathan Diercks, | 25 |
| Caris Elizabeth Diercks, Jada Kay Wordlaw, Zoe Joelle Wordlaw, | 26 |
| Kalyn Olivia Diercks, and Macy Elena Diercks; he was preceded | 27 |
| in death by his parents; his brother, Raymond; his sister, Ruth | 28 |
| (Lee) Person; and many aunts, uncles and cousins; therefore, be | 29 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 31 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 32 |
| the Reverend Paul M. Johannaber, and we extend our sincere |
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| condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 2 |
| him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 5 |
| sympathy.
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