Full Text of SR2100 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 H.W. "Knap" Knapheide III of Quincy, who | 4 | | passed away on August 28, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, H.W. Knapheide was born in Quincy to H.W. "Bud" | 6 | | Knapheide Jr. and Mary MacDill Knapheide; he graduated from | 7 | | Quincy High School in 1963; he received his Bachelor of Science | 8 | | in Industrial Administration from the University of Kansas in | 9 | | 1967; he married Ann Winters in Quincy on June 15, 1974; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, H.W. Knapheide was the President of The Knapheide | 11 | | Manufacturing Company of Quincy and was committed to his family | 12 | | business; he showed his love of country by establishing The | 13 | | Wall of Faith on the business property; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, H.W. Knapheide loved and supported the Quincy | 15 | | community with his time and his resources; he was the director | 16 | | of the Quincy Area Project, a past chairman of the Blessing | 17 | | Hospital Board, and a former director for Mercantile Trust and | 18 | | Savings Bank; he also served on the boards of the Quincy | 19 | | Society of Fine Arts, the Quincy YMCA, and Adams County; he was | 20 | | a founding board member of the Community Foundation Serving | 21 | | West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri; he chaired or | 22 | | co-chaired the Salvation Army Campaign of Lights, the Quincy |
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| 1 | | University's GOAL 2000 Capital Campaign, the Adams County | 2 | | United Way Campaign, and the Quincy YMCA Traditions for | 3 | | Tomorrow Capital Campaign; he served on the Board of Governors | 4 | | of the Ronald Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California, and | 5 | | was a trustee for the KU Endowment, a former member of the KU | 6 | | Athletic Board, and a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity; | 7 | | he was a former trustee for Monmouth College and a former | 8 | | director of both the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce and the | 9 | | Illinois Manufacturers' Association; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, H.W. Knapheide was a recipient of the Mississippi | 11 | | Valley Boy Scouts Distinguished Citizen Award, the Quincy | 12 | | Neighborhood Federation Theda Jansen Award, and an Honorary | 13 | | Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Quincy University; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, H.W. Knapheide was a devoted family man who loved | 15 | | spending time with his family, especially watching his | 16 | | grandchildren grow; he was loyal and dedicated to his friends; | 17 | | he was an avid sports fan and especially supported the Kansas | 18 | | Jayhawks, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Quincy Blue Devils; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, H.W. Knapheide was preceded in death by his | 21 | | parents; his son, Ragan Winters Knapheide; his granddaughter, | 22 | | Mary Ann Knapheide; and his brother-in-law, Erwin Wood; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, H.W. Knapheide is survived by his wife, Ann; his | 2 | | son, H.W. "Bo" (Erin) Knapheide IV; his grandchildren, Lauren | 3 | | Ragan Knapheide, Elizabeth "Libby" McGee Knapheide, and Henry | 4 | | Winters Knapheide; his sister, Viktoria Knapheide Wood; his | 5 | | nephew, Randall (Gail) Wood and their children, Morgan, Lilly, | 6 | | and Cooper Wood; his niece, Amy "Wood" (Shawn) Wills and their | 7 | | children, Abby, Mia Margaret, and Fisher Wills; and his niece, | 8 | | Molly Wood; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | H.W. "Knap" Knapheide III and extend our sincere condolences to | 12 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of H.W. Knapheide as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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