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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
4Representative Gale Schisler of London Mills, who passed away
5on February 2, 2020; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was born to Claire D. and Doris A.
7(Jacobs) Schisler in Indian Point Township in Knox County on
8March 2, 1933; he attended Indian Point School, a one-room
9school house, through eighth grade and later graduated from
10Abingdon High School in 1951; he married Carolyn Cochran in
11November 1957, and together, they had three children; after the
12couple divorced in 1977, Rep. Schisler married Gloria Waller
13Richter in Springfield on July 26, 1980; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler served in the Air Force for four
15years; after, he earned degrees from Western Illinois
16University and Northeast Missouri State Teachers College; he
17went on to teach, coach, and serve as a principal at London
18Mills Junior High School, where he was well liked by all his
19students; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was a democrat who was elected to
21the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964; he served one term
22representing the people of the Quad Cities and Galesburg areas;

 

 

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1while in office, he served on the Science and Aeronautics
2committee and the sub-committee on Manned Space Flight; and
 
3    WHEREAS, After serving in the U.S. House and returning to
4Illinois, Governor Otto Kerner asked Rep. Schisler to head the
5Office of Intergovernmental Cooperation; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was elected to the Illinois General
7Assembly and served from 1968 through 1980; he was chairman of
8the Agriculture committee, as well as serving on the Education,
9Financial Institutions, and Conservation committees; in 1980,
10he became an assistant to the director of the State's Attorneys
11Appellate Commission and retired in 1986; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler belonged to the Former Members of
13Congress, the NRA, and the American Legion; he was a 32nd
14degree Mason, a 50-year member of the London Masonic Lodge #808
15in Silvis, and a member of the Missouri Fox Trotter Horse Breed
16Association; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler enjoyed spending time in Glenwood,
18New Mexico where he loved to ride his horses through the
19mountains; he also loved to hunt, fish, and read; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was preceded in death by his
21parents; Claire D. and Doris A. (Jacobs) Schisler; his

 

 

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1daughters, Kimberly Jo Schisler and Jill P. Sherwood; one
2grandson, Aaron Barnes; and his brother, Roger Schisler; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler is survived by his wife, Gloria; his
4son, Kurt Schisler; his stepdaughter, Tamara Richter Burris;
5his granddaughter, Elicia (Justin) Munson; his grandson, Corey
6Barnes; his great-grandchildren, Melody Barnes, Samantha,
7Tyler and Connor Munson, and Emma and David Barnes; his
8sisters, Yvonne Lewis, Jody Dolan, Anita (Brian) Hickok, and
9Jeri Schisler; and several cousins, nieces and nephews;
10therefore, be it
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
12HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13we mourn the passing of Representative Gale Schisler and extend
14our sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and all who
15knew and loved him; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
17presented to the family of Rep. Schisler as a symbol of our
18deepest sympathy.