Full Text of SR0836 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply | 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of Bob G. Churchich of | 4 | | Edwardsville, who passed away on July 24, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bob Churchich was born on September 7, 1928, in | 6 | | Alton, to Nick and Helen Marie (Dugan) Churchich; he married | 7 | | Jeanie Beiser on July 22, 1945; he married Ruth (Frey) Straube | 8 | | on October 28, 1989; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Bob Churchich worked for the Standard Oil Company | 10 | | in Wood River; in 1958, he was hired by the Alton Police | 11 | | Department, serving as corporal, sergeant, and lieutenant; he | 12 | | became police chief of Hartford in May 1980, and retired in | 13 | | 1986; he was elected Madison County Sheriff in 1986, and | 14 | | retired in 2002; he served on the Madison County Board from | 15 | | 1984 to 1986; he was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church | 16 | | in Edwardsville; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Bob Churchich was preceded in death by his | 18 | | parents, Nick and Helen Churchich; his wife, Jeanie Beiser; and | 19 | | his sister-in-law, Joan Accario; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Bob Churchich is survived by his wife, Ruth | 21 | | Straube; his daughters, Carolyn (Tom) Fahnestock and Deborah |
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| 1 | | (David) Williams; his grandchildren, Ann Marie (David) Voss, | 2 | | Michael (Andrea) Fahnestock, and Timothy (Amy) Fahnestock; his | 3 | | eight great-grandchildren; his three stepdaughters, Vicky | 4 | | (Anthony) Audo, Irene (Joe) Mullenschlader, and Peggy (Steve) | 5 | | Yates; his stepson, William L. Straube; his 11 | 6 | | step-grandchildren; his 12 step-great-grandchildren; one | 7 | | brother, Jim (Doris) Churchich; and his three brothers-in-law, | 8 | | Michael Accario, Bob (Margaret) Frey, and Ray (Kay) | 9 | | Fitzpatrick; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Bob Churchich, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 13 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to his family as an expression of our sympathy.
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