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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of former Springfield Mayor Oswald "Ossie"
4Langfelder, who passed away on October 21, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Ossie Langfelder was born in Vienna, Austria on
6August 2, 1926 to Ruth Marie and Otto B. Langfelder; he fled
7Austria in 1938 and arrived in the United States in 1940; he
8served in the Field Artillery in the South Pacific during World
9War II and then in the occupation of Japan; he graduated from
10Springfield Junior College and studied engineering at Purdue
11University; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Ossie Langfelder was employed by the Department of
13Transportation for 4 years, Willet Consulting Engineers for 2
14years, and Crawford, Murphy and Tilly for 22 years before
15entering politics; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Ossie Langfelder was elected as the Springfield
17Commissioner of Streets for 8 years and then as Mayor of
18Springfield for 8 years; he then returned for the next 12 years
19to the Department of Transportation, retiring in 2008 at the
20age of 82; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Ossie Langfelder published his first book, "My

 

 

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1Incredible Journey", at the age of 84; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Ossie Langfelder is survived by his wife, Mary
3"Midge" Dunham, and their 13 children, Joan (Steve) Baker,
4Jamie (James) Cour, John (Nancy), Joseph (Gale), Judith
5(Dennis) Shackelford, James (Billie), Jacqueline (Allan) Yoho,
6Jay Paul (Amy), Janice (Larry) Davis, Jean (Larry) Rockford,
7Joshua (Angie), Jacob (John), and Julia (Dustin) Frevert; his
8sister, Edith; his 31 grandchildren; and his 5
9great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
12former Springfield Mayor Oswald "Ossie" Langfelder, and extend
13our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who
14knew and loved him; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to the family of Ossie Langfelder as an expression of
17our deepest sympathy.