Full Text of SR1689 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 Robert "Bob" Cheffer of East Moline, who | 4 | | passed away on April 24, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bob Cheffer was born in Kankakee to Elmer and | 6 | | Lillian (Daugherty) Cheffer on July 30, 1930; he served in the | 7 | | United States Army during the Korean War from 1951 until 1953; | 8 | | he graduated from Bradley University; he married Arlene Shaw at | 9 | | Elmwood Methodist Church on June 27, 1953; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bob Cheffer began his career at Alexander Lumber | 11 | | and Joliet Federal Savings and Loan; he then moved to the Quad | 12 | | Cities in 1983; he was President of Rock Island Federal Savings | 13 | | and Loan and later Vice President at Metrobank in East Moline; | 14 | | he was a real estate appraiser early in his banking career and | 15 | | also during his retirement, when he had his own appraisal | 16 | | company; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Bob Cheffer served with the Society of Real Estate | 18 | | Appraisers, where he held the designations of SRA and RM within | 19 | | the appraisal community; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Bob Cheffer served the City of East Moline as | 21 | | alderman of the Sixth Ward from 2011 until 2018 and on the East |
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| 1 | | Moline Planning Commission for 25 years; he was a longtime | 2 | | member of Christ United Methodist Church in East Moline, where | 3 | | he served on the financial board; he helped at the food pantry, | 4 | | was past president of the Rock Island Rotary, and was a member | 5 | | of the East Moline Rotary; he served the Quad Cities Lions Club | 6 | | and was a Mason; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Bob Cheffer was preceded in death by his parents | 8 | | and his siblings, John, Mildred, Fred, and Bea; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Bob Cheffer is survived by his wife, Arlene; his | 10 | | children, Roger Cheffer, Todd (Beth) Cheffer, and Cynthia | 11 | | Quillin; his grandchildren, Patrick (LeAnn) Quillin, Bobby | 12 | | (Taelor) Cheffer, Joel Cheffer, Keaton Cheffer, and Tori | 13 | | Cheffer; his great-grandchildren, Adeline Cheffer, Charleigh | 14 | | Quillin, and Harper Quillin; and his twin brother, William | 15 | | (Irma) Cheffer; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Robert "Bob" Cheffer and extend our sincere condolences to his | 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Bob Cheffer as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy.
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