Full Text of SR0897 94th General Assembly
SR0897 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express | 3 |
| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Robert | 4 |
| C. Knuepfer, who passed away on September 18, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Knuepfer was born on July 27, 1923 in | 6 |
| Chicago, Illinois; he was raised in River Forest and was a | 7 |
| graduate of Oak Park River Forest High School; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the | 9 |
| United States Army in the Pacific Theater; after the war, he | 10 |
| earned an engineering degree from the University of Illinois; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, He joined his father's manufacturing business, | 13 |
| General Engineering Works, in Chicago, and later founded and | 14 |
| served as Chairman of DuPage Machine Products in Bloomingdale; | 15 |
| he served as the National President of the Precision Machined | 16 |
| Products Association and as an officer or director of many | 17 |
| organizations, including Elmhurst National Bank, the Jaycees, | 18 |
| Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, the Elmhurst YMCA, and the Boy | 19 |
| Scouts of America; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a supporter of many philanthropic and | 21 |
| educational organizations; he was active in sports, including | 22 |
| golf and tennis; he was a 50-year member of the River Forest | 23 |
| Golf Club; and
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| WHEREAS, After the death of his first wife, Suzanne, Robert | 25 |
| Knuepfer established the Suzanne W. Knuepfer Guest House, a | 26 |
| home offering short-term care for seniors; he later married | 27 |
| Joyce Moucka, and they became involved in Christ Church of Oak | 28 |
| Brook; and | 29 |
| WHEREAS, Robert Knuepfer is survived by his wife, Joyce; |
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| his children, Robert Jr. (Nancy), David (Marcia), James | 2 |
| (Susan), and Kimberly (Gary) McDonald; his grandchildren, | 3 |
| Robert III, Jennifer, Lauren, Joseph, David Jr., Lindsay, | 4 |
| William, Allison, and Katelyn Knuepfer, and Michelle, Melissa, | 5 |
| and Matthew McDonald; his sister, Marilyn (Burt) Hudson; and | 6 |
| his sister-in-law, Virginia Knuepfer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Robert C. Knuepfer; and | 10 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Robert Knuepfer.
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