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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Robert Lewis Depoorter of Moline, who
4passed away on August 29, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Robert Depoorter was born on November 18, 1932 in
6Moline; his parents were Joseph and Martha Depoorter; he
7married Nancy Ann Slover on December 29, 1956 at St. Anne
8Church in East Moline; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Robert Depoorter was a proud United States Army
10veteran of the Korean War and a member of American Legion Post
11246 in Moline; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Robert Depoorter retired from the Teamsters as an
13independent truck driver after many years of service; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Robert Depoorter was a member of Christ the King
15Catholic Church, which he attended regularly; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Robert Depoorter enjoyed spending time with his
17family, watching his son coach football, eating out, and
18bringing lawn mowers back from the dead; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Robert Depoorter was preceded in death by his

 

 

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1siblings, Marie (Lloyd) Ratto, Toni Smith, Margaret (Bert)
2Kochuyt, Anne (Nyle) Wegener, Dorothy (Andrew) Saelens, Clara
3Jackson, Rose (Lee) Glaudel, George (Norva) Depoorter, Joe
4Depoorter, Lawrence Depoorter, Betty (Richard Liedke) (Larry)
5Shumaker, and (Robert) DeBlaey; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Robert Depoorter is survived by his wife, Nancy;
7his children, Todd (Jan) Depoorter, Kathryn (Joe) Swanson,
8Susan Taylor, Kent (Molly) Depoorter, Barry (Jean) Depoorter,
9Amy (Fernando) Rohwer, and Ann (Jared) Jordan; his
10grandchildren, Grace, Robert, Allie, Samantha, Jacob, John,
11Kevin, Elizabeth, Kayla, Erica, Katie (Nate), Ben, Kristy
12(Alex), Mallory (Troy), Ashley, Maggie, Samantha, Emma, Brad,
13Amanda (Matt), Joie, Corey (Rhonda), Jarrid, Sam, Brady, and
14Lucy; his great-grandchildren, Ianto, Lauren, Peyton, Brayden,
15Haddie, Gage, Rochelle, and Ryan; and his sisters, Theresa
16(Doug) Wilson and Julia DeBlaey; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
18ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
19family and friends, mourn the passing of Robert Lewis
20Depoorter; and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22presented to the family of Robert Depoorter as an expression of
23our sympathy.