Full Text of SR1407 101st 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 Judge Fred William Reither, who passed | 4 | | away on August 10, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Judge Fred Reither was born to Fred G. Reither and | 6 | | Lydia A. (Kingston) Reither in Beardstown on April 5, 1924; he | 7 | | graduated from Beardstown High School in 1942; he served during | 8 | | World War Two with the 75th Infantry Division during the Battle | 9 | | of the Bulge, the Battle of Rhineland, and the Colmar Pocket; | 10 | | his division served in Wales, England, France, Belgium, Holland | 11 | | and Germany, with his group being among the first troops to | 12 | | arrive in Germany; they also helped liberate Holland; during | 13 | | his service, he held the prestigious Combat Infantryman Badge; | 14 | | he attended Blackburn College, Alfred University, and City | 15 | | College of New York and finished law school on the GI Bill at | 16 | | the University of Illinois College of Law, earning a Doctor of | 17 | | Jurisprudence in 1950; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Judge Fred Reither served as Circuit Court Judge | 19 | | of the 8th Judicial Circuit for Cass County for 45 years; he | 20 | | also served one term as Chief Judge; he retired in 2001 as one | 21 | | of the longest serving justices in the State of Illinois; he | 22 | | was known for his grace, fairness, and kindness as a judge; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Judge Fred Reither served as the vice president of | 2 | | the Young Democrats of Illinois under then President Paul | 3 | | Simon; he also served as a Delegate at Large to the 1952 | 4 | | Democratic National Convention; he was a life long member of | 5 | | the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, and the | 6 | | Illinois State and Cass County Bar Associations;
he was also a | 7 | | lifelong member of St John's Lutheran Church and served in | 8 | | various capacities over the years; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Judge Fred Reither was a wonderful dancer and | 10 | | enjoyed dancing at the Blackhawk Village Inn Pump Room, the | 11 | | Jacksonville VFW, Nichols Park, the Illinois State Fair dance | 12 | | floor, the Elks, and Leo and Bud's; he loved music and will be | 13 | | remembered for singing with great gusto; he was also a lifelong | 14 | | Chicago Cubs fan; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Judge Fred Reither was preceded in death by his | 16 | | parents; his brothers, Virgil (Louise Guthrie), Ralph | 17 | | (Isabelle Jeffries), and Charles (Valerie Stephens); and two of | 18 | | his favorite dance partners and loves, Mary Esther Knight and | 19 | | Robertine Erixon; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Judge Fred Reither is survived by his two | 21 | | children, Fred Virgil Reither (Trey) and Shelley Lydia | 22 | | (Elizabeth Belletire House); his grandchildren, Steven and | 23 | | Leah Reither; his step-grandson, Jacob House (Taylor Ley); his |
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| 1 | | great-granddaughter, Charlotte House; his brother, Clarence | 2 | | John Walter Reither (Vera nee Merz); his five nieces and | 3 | | nephews, David Reither (Brenda), Karen Reither (Bill Wallace), | 4 | | Mark Reither (Kathy), Gwen Schumacher (Tom), and Paul Reither; | 5 | | and his great-nieces and great-nephews; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 8 | | Judge Fred William Reither and extend our sincere
condolences | 9 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be | 10 | | it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 12 | | presented to the family of Judge Fred Reither as an expression | 13 | | of
our deepest sympathy.
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