Full Text of SR0648 094th General Assembly
SR0648 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 Miles Rex Brueckner of Alton | 4 |
| on February 14, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Born on May 8, 1929, in Nokomis, Miles Brueckner | 6 |
| was the son of Henry and Hilda (Miles) Brueckner; he married | 7 |
| Shirley "Sally" Betts on March 19, 1950; and
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| WHEREAS, After his high school graduation, he served four | 9 |
| years with the U.S. Marine Corps, reaching the rank of staff | 10 |
| sergeant; he spent two years in the South Pacific during the | 11 |
| Korean War and worked for eight years at Duncan Foundry as a | 12 |
| lab technician and a caster, followed by 14 years in sales with | 13 |
| International Correspondence Schools; he developed and | 14 |
| directed the school's Industrial Training Division until | 15 |
| I.C.S. disbanded the field sales force; he then spent 19 years | 16 |
| with the Aid Association for Lutherans as a fraternal insurance | 17 |
| counselor and million dollar producer, retiring in 1991; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Brueckner owned and operated an electronic | 19 |
| medical claims filing and billing service for physicians; he | 20 |
| was a co-founder of Migratory Waterfowl Hunters Inc., the | 21 |
| largest public land duck hunting organization in Illinois; he | 22 |
| also co-founded the Illinois Federation for Outdoor Resources, | 23 |
| which represents more than 30,000 members in Illinois; he | 24 |
| served as the I.F.O.R. membership secretary and was a member of | 25 |
| the Illinois Conservation Congress executive committee; he was | 26 |
| an avid waterfowl hunter his entire adult life and was a life | 27 |
| member of the VFW Post 1308; he helped found and was a charter | 28 |
| member of the Faith Lutheran Church and School of Godfrey; as a | 29 |
| dedicated and faithful member, he was active on the church | 30 |
| council, having held many offices, including past president; | 31 |
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Miles Rex Brueckner has been deeply | 2 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Shirley Brueckner; his | 3 |
| daughter, Susan Barbary; his son, David Brueckner and his wife, | 4 |
| Brenda; his grandchildren, Jamie Baugh, Joshua Barbary, Jeremy | 5 |
| Barbary, Mathew Brueckner and his wife, Leah, Kristen | 6 |
| Brueckner, and Bradley Brueckner; his great-granddaughter, | 7 |
| Madelyn Marie Brueckner; his half-brother, Ray Brueckner; his | 8 |
| sister-in-law, Nancy Snell; his brother-in-law, James Betts; | 9 |
| and several nieces and nephews; he was preceded in death by his | 10 |
| parents; his sister, Joann Jungk; and his half-brothers, Larry | 11 |
| Snell and Roy Brueckner; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 |
| Miles Rex Brueckner, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 15 |
| family, friends, colleagues, and all who knew and loved him; | 16 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincere | 19 |
| condolences.
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