Full Text of SR0751 100th 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 Raymond G. Kroker of Huntley, who passed | 4 | | away on June 28, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Raymond Kroker was born in Chicago to George | 6 | | Frederick and Lillian (Solhem) Kroker on November 11, 1922; he | 7 | | graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in | 8 | | engineering; he served during World War II as a | 9 | | navigator/bombardier of a B-25 with the famed "Burma Bridge | 10 | | Busters" 10th Air Force in China/Burma; he retired as a | 11 | | lieutenant colonel from the United States Air Force Reserve; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Raymond Kroker worked as an electrical engineer | 14 | | for Eureka-Williams for many years while living in Bloomington; | 15 | | he moved his family to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1969; he set | 16 | | up and operated Kroker Engineering, where he designed and | 17 | | manufactured the racing boat motors, Sea Wasp, Sea Ram, and Sea | 18 | | Pup; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Raymond Kroker was preceded in death by his | 20 | | parents and his son-in-law, Leroy Bianchi; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Raymond Kroker is survived by his children, George |
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| 1 | | (Leslie) Kroker, Linda Bianchi, Jeanne (George) Guerdrum, and | 2 | | Kathleen (Bruce) Fleshren; and his grandchildren, Molly, | 3 | | Elizabeth, and Kristi Kroker, Louis and Anne Bianchi, and | 4 | | Jonathan and Geoffrey (Carmen) Guerdrum; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Raymond G. Kroker, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 8 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Raymond Kroker as an expression of | 12 | | our deepest sympathy.
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