Full Text of SR1062 99th 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 Harold E. "Lem" Kaiser of Morton, who | 4 | | passed away on July 17, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Harold Kaiser was born in Tremont on December 15, | 6 | | 1919 to Benjamin and Anna (nee Plattner) Kaiser; he graduated | 7 | | from Tremont High School in 1937; he married Ila Jean Stieglitz | 8 | | in February of 1946 in Morton; he farmed for his father until | 9 | | leaving for the service in 1942 and served his country in the | 10 | | United States Army from 1942 to 1946; he married Helen Jean | 11 | | (nee Smith) Merchenthaler on November 10, 1976 in Morton; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Harold Kaiser worked for the United States Postal | 13 | | Service as a rural mail carrier, delivering mail between 1958 | 14 | | and 1982 in Morton and Tremont; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Harold Kaiser was an avid golfer who scored a | 16 | | hole-in-one 3 different times; he enjoyed searching for morel | 17 | | mushrooms in his favorite spots, cooking steak on the grill, | 18 | | and eating strawberries and shortcake; he grew sweet corn and | 19 | | tomatoes and picked berries; he relished dinners on the | 20 | | screened-in porch with his family; he enjoyed traveling to | 21 | | Florida, Hawaii, and Cancun, Mexico; he enjoyed ice-skating | 22 | | with his daughter, water-skiing with the boys, swimming, |
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| 1 | | badminton, and cards with the grandkids; he loved to garden and | 2 | | tinker around the house and yard; he was an active member of | 3 | | the Morton Apostolic Christian Church; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Harold Kaiser was preceded in death by his first | 5 | | wife, Ila; his brother; and his 5 sisters; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Harold Kaiser is survived by his wife, Helen; his | 7 | | 4 children, Loren "Lon" (Cindy) Kaiser, Thomas (Lisa) Kaiser, | 8 | | Jean (Don) Lashbrook, and Scott (Julie) Kaiser; his brother, | 9 | | Orman (Katherine) Kaiser; his 2 sisters-in-law, Verla Leman and | 10 | | Wilma Stieglitz; and his 11 grandchildren and 19 | 11 | | great-grandchildren, including Jeff (Mary) Kaiser, Kim Emery, | 12 | | Heather (Ryan) Gray, Joe Williamson, Dawn (Brian) Sharpe, Terah | 13 | | (Jason) Allen, Angie (Andy) Ogburn, Weston (Stephanie) Taylor, | 14 | | Jesse (Emily) Lashbrook, and Jake and Laura Kaiser; therefore, | 15 | | be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Harold E. "Lem" Kaiser, and extend our sincere condolences to | 19 | | his 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 Harold Kaiser as an expression of |
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| 1 | | our deepest sympathy.
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