Full Text of SR1976 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 Edwin George Kolk of Fulton, who passed | 4 | | away on May 31, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Edwin Kolk was born on October 27, 1934 in | 6 | | Clinton; his parents were Harry and Jennie Kolk; he married | 7 | | Nancy Kamphuis on May 31, 1957 at the Second Reformed Church in | 8 | | Fulton; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Edwin Kolk grew up in Fulton and graduated from | 10 | | Fulton High School with the class of 1952; after graduation, he | 11 | | delivered milk for Goodenough Dairy; in 1957, he was drafted | 12 | | into the United States Army, where he trained as a medical lab | 13 | | technician and served primarily in Stuttgart, Germany; after | 14 | | his stint in the Army, he began working in research at the | 15 | | Clinton Corn Processing Company and continued in lab work | 16 | | throughout his career; he retired from Archer Daniels Midland | 17 | | in 1999; he and his wife also owned River Huis Traders Antiques | 18 | | in downtown Fulton; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, As a child, Edwin Kolk loved to read | 20 | | encyclopedias, and his curiosity for discovering new things and | 21 | | ideas lasted his entire life; he and his wife traveled | 22 | | extensively throughout the United States and Europe; his |
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| 1 | | paradise was his home on the Mississippi River; he loved to | 2 | | work in the garden, monitor boat traffic, watch the wildlife, | 3 | | teach the next generations about family traditions, and create | 4 | | good memories for his grandchildren; he had a joy of music that | 5 | | he learned from his parents and his grandfather, John Flikkema, | 6 | | and he taught his daughters to break into song at any time; he | 7 | | enjoyed attending classical and rock concerts; he also spent | 8 | | many summer nights at Clinton LumberKings baseball games; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Edwin Kolk was a member of the Fulton Lions Club | 10 | | and AFS; he served on the boards of the Community Fund, the | 11 | | Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Fulton Retail Development, and | 12 | | Fulton Zoning; he was a volunteer miller at "de Immigrant" | 13 | | windmill in Fulton since the mill opened in 2000; he also | 14 | | trained under master miller Derk Jan Tinga from Groningen, the | 15 | | Netherlands, and they formed a friendship so strong that many | 16 | | called Derk Jan his Dutch son; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Edwin Kolk was preceded in death by his wife; his | 18 | | parents; and his brother, Robert John Kolk; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Edwin Kolk is survived by his daughters, Gina Kolk | 20 | | (Thomas Walsh) and Heidi Kolk; his AFS daughter, Ana Maria da | 21 | | Camara Silva; his grandchildren, Jon Thomas Walsh, Liliana | 22 | | Jennie Walsh, and Duke Harrison Walsh; his sister-in-law, Carol | 23 | | Kolk; his sister-in-law, Judy Zuidema; his nephews, Kevin, Dan, |
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| 1 | | and Mike Kolk, and his nieces, Lisa (Zuidema) Seaman and Amy | 2 | | (Zuidema) Venhuizen; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 5 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Edwin George Kolk; and | 6 | | be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Edwin Kolk as an expression of our | 9 | | sympathy.
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