Full Text of SR0783 97th 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
Ivan Seppell of Montgomery, formerly of | 4 | | Aurora, who passed away on May 4, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ivan Seppell was born on July 12, 1932, in Aurora; | 6 | | he married Marilee Feldott on October 16, 1954, at St. Mary's | 7 | | Catholic Church; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Ivan Seppell served his country as a member of the | 9 | | United States Army during the Korean War; he was a graduate of | 10 | | Aurora College; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, After having been employed by Northern Illinois | 12 | | Gas for 32 years, Ivan Seppell and his wife opened Jonlee | 13 | | Flowers in 1973; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ivan Seppell was a member of Annunciation of The | 15 | | Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Aurora and founded the "Light In | 16 | | My Life" Luminary program with his wife; he also sat as a proud | 17 | | member of the Board of Directors at the Paramount Arts Centre, | 18 | | where he was instrumental in the opening of the "Grand | 19 | | Gallery"; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Ivan Seppell was preceded in death by his parents, |
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| 1 | | Allie and Mary; his in-laws, Francis and Mildred; his 2 | 2 | | brothers-in-law; and his niece, Jody Rossler; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Ivan Seppell is survived by his wife, Marilee; his | 4 | | daughters, Lynn (Don) Paul, Laura English, and Lisa (Randy) | 5 | | Brown; his grandchildren, Ashley and Andrew Brown and Erica and | 6 | | Emily Paul; his sisters, Clarine (the late Edwin) Gengler and | 7 | | Mildred (the late Leon) Feldott; his many nieces and nephews; | 8 | | and his best friend, Bill Becker; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 | | his family and friends, the passing of Ivan Seppell; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Ivan Seppell as an expression of our | 15 | | sympathy.
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