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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of George Crozier Kieffer of Rock Island;
4and
 
5    WHEREAS, George Kieffer was born on May 25, 1932 in Moline;
6his parents were George Crozier Kieffer, Sr. and Theola E.
7Ballou Kieffer; and
 
8    WHEREAS, George Kieffer was a proud alumnus of Audubon
9Grade School, Washington Junior High, and Rock Island High
10School (Class of 1950); he proudly served in the United States
11Navy from 1950 to 1957; and
 
12    WHEREAS, George Kieffer was the owner of Artistic
13Improvement, Inc.; and
 
14    WHEREAS, George Kieffer had a love of the great outdoors
15all his life; he purchased a farm in Missouri, the Des Moines
16River Farm, in 1986; the farm was a hunting preserve and full
17of history; and
 
18    WHEREAS, George Kieffer enjoyed spending weekends,
19holidays, and especially the 4th of July and fireworks
20celebrations with his family; he enjoyed hunting for geodes and

 

 

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1walking the creek for hours with his visitors and driving his
2mother on a four-wheeler around the farm; he was also a master
3decoy carver and wildlife painter; and
 
4    WHEREAS, George Kieffer was preceded in death by his
5parents; his sister, Elizabeth Oliver; and his nephew, Matthew
6Scott Kieffer; and
 
7    WHEREAS, George Kieffer is survived by his wife, Marilyn
8Kieffer; his daughters, Lisa (Michael) Kieffer-Haverkamp and
9Lori Kieffer-Garrison (Matthew L. Garrison); his
10grandchildren, Rowan and Laurel Haverkamp and Atticus
11Garrison; his siblings, John (Meri) Kieffer and Anne Meyer; his
12nephews, Kevin Kieffer, Jason Kieffer, and Kirk (Kitty) C.
13Oliver; his grand-nephews, Daniel (Mary Kate) Oliver and Thomas
14C. Oliver; his grand-niece, Ruth Y. Oliver; and many other
15nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
17ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
18family and friends, mourn the passing of George Crozier
19Kieffer; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to the family of George Kieffer as an expression of
22our sympathy.