SR0515 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Ernest A. Tosovsky Jr., of Edwardsville, who passed away January 18, 2008; and

WHEREAS, Ernest A. Tosovsky Jr. was born October 31, 1921, in Edwardsville to Ernest and Mary Meek Tosovsky Sr.; and

WHEREAS, He married Betty Faye Rohrkaste on August 29, 1946 and she passed away on September 14, 1983; he later married Virginia Lee Hermann on September 1, 1984 and she passed away on June 9, 2000; and

WHEREAS, He was the former president and chairman of the board of Home Nursery Inc.; he was past president of the Illinois State Nurseryman Association, American Landscape Nursery Association, and Madison-Sinclair Nursery Association; he was a member of the board of directors of the Voluntary Purchasing Group, and a member of the Greater St. Louis Nursery and Landscape Association; the Voluntary Purchasing Group established an endowment fund for him with the Horticultural Research Institute; and

WHEREAS, He was past president of the Edwardsville Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow, a member of the board of directors of the Edwardsville YWCA, a member of the Illinois State Florists Association, and the Edwardsville Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce; he was chairman of the Edwardsville Park and Recreation Board, served on the advisory board for the Dean of Agriculture at the University of Illinois, was chairman of the Agricultural Nursery and Greenhouse Advisory Committee for the American Farm Bureau Federation, and served on the Edwardsville School Board; he was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and St. Boniface Catholic Church in Edwardsville; and

WHEREAS, Ernest Tosovsky Jr. was preceded in death by his wives; his parents; one brother, Edward Tosovsky; and one sister, Dorothy Donner; and

WHEREAS, Ernest Tosovsky Jr. is survived by his son, Timothy Tosovsky and wife, Sherry; his stepson, Bill Hermann; his daughters, Nancy Pech and husband, Gene, and Barbara Wiman and husband, Fred; his stepdaughters, Janice Burklow, and Cindy Hoog and husband, Ed; his grandchildren, Eric Wiman, Aaron Wiman, Andrea Garner, Luke Wiman, Molly Wiman, and Amanda Wiman, Danielle Pech and Michael Pech, and Tim and Taylor Tosovsky; his eleven great-grandchildren; his six stepgreat-grandchildren; and his brother, Charles Tosovsky and wife, Jean; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Ernest Tosovsky Jr.; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Ernest Tosovsky Jr. as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.