Full Text of HR1125 93rd General Assembly
HR1125 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of Richard | 4 |
| A. Brauer of Belleville on Tuesday, May 25, 2004; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Richard A. Brauer was born on August 28, 1928, in | 6 |
| Belleville to George and Lillian, nee Felts, Brauer; he | 7 |
| graduated from Belleville Township High School in 1945 and | 8 |
| attended St. Louis University; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Brauer valiantly served his country in the | 10 |
| U.S. Army as a combat engineer in the Korean War; he married | 11 |
| Dorothy "Dottie", nee Rose, on July 6, 1968; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Brauer worked in the plastering business for | 13 |
| several years and also at Monsanto in Sauget; in 1973, his | 14 |
| mentor, Belleville Mayor Charles Nichols, asked him to run for | 15 |
| city clerk on his ticket; he served as city clerk from 1973 | 16 |
| until 1979, when he was elected mayor to finish the term of | 17 |
| Mayor Nichols; he proudly served as mayor of Belleville until | 18 |
| 1993; in his retirement, he served as both commissioner and | 19 |
| treasurer of the Public Building Commission of St. Clair | 20 |
| County; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Brauer loved spending the winter months in | 22 |
| Orange Beach, Alabama, at the family condo, where he was | 23 |
| treasurer of the condo association; he was also a past | 24 |
| president of the Missouri Snowbirds Club, Gulf Shores, Alabama; | 25 |
| he loved his family, his city, his country, and his many | 26 |
| friends; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Brauer was co-founder and chairman emeritus of | 28 |
| Belleville Sister Cities, Inc.; a life member, past governor | 29 |
| and pilgrim of Belleville-Swansea Moose Lodge 1221; a member of | 30 |
| American Legion Belleville Post 58; and a life member of the |
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| Veterans of Foreign Wars; he was active in St. Clair Masonic | 2 |
| Lodge 24, AF&AM, for 49 years; he was also a member of the | 3 |
| Knight Temple, the Royal Arch Masons of Illinois, and the Ainad | 4 |
| Temple Shriners; other memberships included the Korean War | 5 |
| Veterans Association, IMJIN chapter, the board of the 14th | 6 |
| Engineer Combat Battalion Association, the Plasterers Union, | 7 |
| the Eagles, South Side Improvement Association, the Historical | 8 |
| Society of St. Clair County, and the Genealogical Societies of | 9 |
| St. Louis and St. Clair County; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Richard A. Brauer has been deeply | 11 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Dorothy "Dottie"; his | 12 |
| brothers and sisters, Kenneth (Jean) Brauer, Betty (Marshall) | 13 |
| Hartman, Marilyn (Don) Ackerman, Bill (Betty) Brauer, and | 14 |
| Barbara (Bill) Meier; his foster brother, Don (Sue) Frazier; | 15 |
| his sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Audrey Brauer, Carol | 16 |
| Brauer, Tom (Ruth) Rose, Jeanne (Jim) Koechling, Theresa (Gene) | 17 |
| Boyet, Marcella Rose, Richard (Shirley) Rose, Betty Rose, and | 18 |
| Carol Rose; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| mourn the passing of Richard A. Brauer, and we extend our | 22 |
| deepest sympathy to his family, friends, community, and all who | 23 |
| knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to the family of Richard A. Brauer as an expression | 26 |
| of our sincere condolences.
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