Full Text of SR1635 100th 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 John J. Roth of Jacksonville, who passed | 4 | | away on April 3, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Roth was born in Kampsville to John Jacob and | 6 | | Elizabeth Catherine Nordbusch Roth on April 20, 1933 and moved | 7 | | to Jacksonville in 1937; he attended Our Saviour Grade School | 8 | | and graduated from Routt High School in 1951; he graduated from | 9 | | Hardin-Brown Business College in 1953 with a degree in business | 10 | | administration; he joined the U.S. Navy on February 4, 1953 and | 11 | | was assigned to the Destroyer USS Basilone for four years as an | 12 | | electronics technician 2nd class; he married Patricia Ann | 13 | | Craddock on December 26, 1953; he was released from active duty | 14 | | on February 4, 1957 and served four years in the Navy Reserve; | 15 | | he was honorably discharged in 1961; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, John Roth joined the IBM Corporation in February | 17 | | of 1957 as a customer service representative responsible for | 18 | | maintenance and repair of data-processing computers; he | 19 | | retired in May of 1987; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, John Roth was a life member of VFW, Jacksonville | 21 | | Post 1379; he served on the Combined Veteran's Ceremonial Team | 22 | | for more than 30 years; he was a member of Church of Our |
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| 1 | | Saviour, where he sang in the choir for several years; he | 2 | | enjoyed hunting, fishing, three-cushion billiards, and | 3 | | stained-glass work; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, John Roth married Marie Coonen in 2006; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Roth was preceded in death by his wife of 47 | 6 | | years, Patricia; his parents; his sisters, Margaret Mary | 7 | | Caskey, Eunice Helen Keehner, and Leona Josephine Deeder; and | 8 | | his daughter, Lori A. Olendzki; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, John Roth is survived by his wife, Marie; his | 10 | | sons, J. Thomas (Kathryn), Joseph T. (Diana), and David J. | 11 | | Roth; his son-in-law, Don Olendzki; eight grandchildren; three | 12 | | great-grandchildren; and Bill and Lori Coonen and their | 13 | | children and grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | John J. Roth, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 17 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of John Roth as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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