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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Simon Weltman of Skokie, who passed away
4on July 25, 2018; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Simon Weltman was born on July 20, 1918; he grew
6up in Magdeburg, Germany; his family moved to France in 1933
7when the Nazis came to power; he left France for The British
8Mandate of Palestine in 1934 and helped found the Kibbutz of
9Ein Gev on the Sea of Galilee; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Simon Weltman spent six years in the British Army
11and fought in World War II; he fought in Israel's War of
12Independence and then spent 14 years in the Israeli Air Force,
13retiring as a captain; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Simon Weltman immigrated to the United States in
151963; he was a pioneer and helped instill in his children a
16sense of adventure, honesty, integrity, and the importance of
17an education; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Simon Weltman was proceeded in death by his wife,
19Margaret Weltman, and his sister, Sara Colin; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Simon Weltman is survived by his children, Varda

 

 

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1(Scott) Diamond, Yigael (Lila) Weltman, and Eitan (Gina)
2Weltman; his grandchildren, Wendy (Matthew) Diamond Goodman,
3Tamar Diamond, Talor Weltman, Lindsey Weltman, and David
4Weltman; his great-grandchildren, Daniel Goodman and Eli
5Goodman; and his brother, Jacques (Adel) Weltman; therefore, be
6it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
9Simon Weltman, and extend our sincere condolences to his
10family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
11further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to the family of Simon Weltman as an expression of
14our deepest sympathy.