Full Text of SR0136 97th 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 H. Schoeneweis of Wood River, who | 4 | | passed away on March 7, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born March 1, 1912, in Bethalto, the son of | 6 | | William and Ruth (Silland) Schoeneweis; he married the former | 7 | | Ethel Lamm on November 4, 1933, in Hartford and they shared 64 | 8 | | years of marriage; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, They were lifetime members of the First United | 10 | | Methodist Church of Wood River; they were avid fishermen and | 11 | | enjoyed many years together fishing in Canada, Mexico, and | 12 | | Alaska and at their winter home in Okeechobee, Florida; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He was a machinist and founded Wood River General | 14 | | Machine Works and Schoeneweis Tool & Die Co. Inc.; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death | 16 | | by his brothers, Bud, Warren, Clyde, and Kenneth (infant) | 17 | | Schoeneweis; his sisters, Virginia Voyles and Lorraine Yeager; | 18 | | his grandson, Brett Schoeneweis; his son-in-law, Wally | 19 | | Whipple; and his special friend, Shirley Faircloth; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Robert Schoeneweis is survived by his sons and |
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| 1 | | daughters-in-law, Melvin and Carol Schoeneweis and Bruce and | 2 | | Karen Schoeneweis; his daughter, Susan and Doug Broadway; his | 3 | | grandchildren, Wade and Lori Schoeneweis and their sons, Jack | 4 | | and Owen; Nichol and Jeremy Sokolowski; Grant and Amanda | 5 | | Schoeneweis; and Jason and Beth Whipple and their daughter, | 6 | | Wren; his extended family members, including: Julie and Dana | 7 | | Morrow and their children, Kaitlin and Jared; Susan Rutledge | 8 | | and her son, Austin; Eric and Laurie Whipple and their | 9 | | daughter, Emily; and Maggie Broadway; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 | | his family and friends, the passing of Robert Schoeneweis; and | 13 | | be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Robert Schoeneweis as a symbol of | 16 | | our sincere sympathy.
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