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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Merle David Engle of Bloomington, who
4passed away on April 18, 2018; and
 
5    WHEREAS, David Engle was born in Bloomington to Merle M.
6and Helen (Anderson) Engle on March 22, 1943; he attended St.
7Mary's Elementary and graduated from Holy Trinity High School
8in 1961; he studied business at St. Ambrose College in
9Davenport, Iowa; he served in the United States Marine Corps
10Reserve from 1969 until 1971; he married Gala McConnell in Fort
11Myers, Florida on March 1, 2010; and
 
12    WHEREAS, David Engle began his career as an insurance
13adjuster for Pekin Farmers Insurance and later in Yakima,
14Washington; he also worked for the GM&O railroad; however, he
15found a passion in sales and was the top salesman and business
16manager at Barker Oldsmobile and Thornton Motors; his success
17and independent spirit inspired him to purchase his own
18dealership, Auto World; in 1982, he partnered to operate the
19former Casella's as Casey Jones Lounge; by 1986, he was the
20sole proprietor and renamed the restaurant the Winner's Bar &
21Grill, and it was the oldest bar in town to be continually
22owned by the same person; he also owned the Park View Inn in
23the 1990s; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, David Engle was an avid golfer and earned many
2accolades, including a national-level championship at the
3Oldsmobile Scramble; he enjoyed spending the winter months in
4Florida with his wife, entertaining his family with magic
5tricks, and playing rummy and euchre with his friends and
6family; and
 
7    WHEREAS, David Engle was preceded in death by his parents;
8and
 
9    WHEREAS, David Engle was a loving husband to Gala; he was a
10dedicated brother to Jan Engle-Bandy and an uncle to her
11daughter, Julie Jenkins; he was a caring father to Ryan
12(Kristen) Engle, who are expecting their first child, and Brad
13Engle; he was a doting grandfather to Abigail and Adam Engle,
14the children of Ryan Engle and Vanessa Elder, and to Joey and
15Matthew Ploense and Faith Foster-Engle, the children of Brad
16Engle; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
18ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
19Merle David Engle and extend our sincere condolences to his
20family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
21further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of David Engle as an expression of our
3deepest sympathy.