Full Text of SR2220 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 Peter Francis Schopen Sr. of McHenry, who | 4 | | passed away on August 12, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Peter Schopen Sr. was born in Evanston to Peter N. | 6 | | and Eugenia (Lundy) Schopen on October 20, 1946; he attended | 7 | | St. Joseph Grade School and later entered the United States | 8 | | Army as a Paratrooper in January of 1964, achieving the rank of | 9 | | Sergeant E5; he married Sandra Firestone at St. Monica Church | 10 | | in Carpentersville on August 12, 1978; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Peter Schopen Sr. worked for Orkin, where he | 12 | | became one of the top salesman in the entire country; pest | 13 | | control became his passion, and in 1974, he started the | 14 | | Algonquin-based Mid Central Pest Control, which became one of | 15 | | the most successful pest control companies in the Chicagoland | 16 | | region for over 40 years; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Peter Schopen Sr. was a member of Holy Apostles | 18 | | Catholic Church; he flew hand gliders and ultralight airplanes; | 19 | | he was an expert fisherman, an avid golfer, and a top bowler; | 20 | | he was a member of the VFW and the Lake in the Hills Lions Club; | 21 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Peter Schopen Sr. was preceded in death by his | 2 | | parents and his sister, Lois Constance; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Peter Schopen Sr. is survived by his wife, Sandy; | 4 | | his children, Brenda (Joe) Sparks, Pete (Tami) Schopen, Sonja | 5 | | Schopen, Anita (Mark) Pomazak, Dayle Schopen, Drake (Josie) | 6 | | Schopen, and Eric (Joanna) Schopen Sr.; his grandchildren, | 7 | | Peter (Trey) Schopen III, Caleb Schopen, Candace Lane, Hillary | 8 | | Knaack, Julia Schopen, Eric Schopen Jr., Dylan Schopen, Alex | 9 | | Pomazak, Abbie Childs, Nikki Pomazak, Luc Pomazak, Josh Smoot, | 10 | | Kayla Smoot, Ethan Marx, Kassie Marx, Alicia Marx, Thylor | 11 | | Schopen, Parys Schopen, Willie Gonzales Jr., Alonso Gonzales, | 12 | | and Grace Schopen; his great-grandchildren, Brendan Lane, Emma | 13 | | Knaack, Victoria Schopen, and Eric Channing Schopen III; his | 14 | | siblings, Virginia Spellman, Dan Schopen, Charlene Sepsey, and | 15 | | Eugene Schopen; and his best friend, Pat Carpenter; therefore, | 16 | | be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Peter Francis Schopen Sr., and extend our sincere condolences | 20 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 21 | | it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 | | presented to the family of Peter Schopen Sr. as an expression |
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| 1 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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