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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Centralia Historical Hall of Fame has
3 announced its 1998 inductees; and
4 WHEREAS, Dewey Kessler will be one of the inductees into
5 the Historical Hall of Fame; Mr. Kessler passed away on
6 December 22, 1997; Mr. Kessler was a lifelong resident of the
7 Centralia area; and
8 WHEREAS, Mr. Kessler was vice president of finance and
9 operations at Kaskaskia College (previously Centralia Junior
10 College) until his retirement in 1995; after his retirement
11 he was part-time membership development director for the
12 Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce; he was a past chairman
13 of the Centralia Area United Fund; he had served as president
14 of the Centralia Jaycees, who honored Mr. Kessler with the
15 Jaycees Outstanding Citizen Award; and
16 WHEREAS, For twenty years Dewey Kessler was a member of
17 the Chamber of Commerce, where he served as president and
18 ambassador; he was chairman of the Centralia Industrial
19 Commission; he was a member of the First United Methodist
20 Church, where he served as treasurer for several years; and
21 WHEREAS, In March of 1998, Mr. Kessler received a
22 posthumous tribute from the Chamber of Commerce; his widow,
23 Jo, and their children, Kristen Holtkamp, Keith Kessler, and
24 Kendall Kessler accepted the award on his behalf; therefore,
25 be it
26 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
27 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
28 congratulate the Centralia Historical Hall of Fame on its
29 choices for 1998 inductees; and be it further
30 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
31 presented to the Centralia Historical Hall of Fame.