Full Text of SR2072 100th 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 Honorable Judge Robert L. Dannehl of | 4 | | Watseka, who passed away on September 23, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Judge Dannehl was born in Thawville to William and | 6 | | Gussie Racuglen Dannehl on September 6, 1926; the ninth of 12 | 7 | | children, he moved to Onarga and attended Onarga Public | 8 | | Schools; at the age of 17, he served in the United States Navy | 9 | | during World War II as a volunteer; he served in anti-submarine | 10 | | warfare in the North Atlantic arena in the winter of 1944 and | 11 | | 1945; he operated a top-secret high-frequency direction finder | 12 | | and was privy to the highly confidential knowledge that the | 13 | | German secret code had been broken; he attended the University | 14 | | of Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois | 15 | | College of Law in June 1950; while an undergraduate, he played | 16 | | varsity basketball for the Fighting Illini during the 1945-46 | 17 | | season and was a member of the Sigma Pi Fraternity; he married | 18 | | Ruth Ann Nielsen on June 10, 1951; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Judge Dannehl opened a general law office in | 20 | | Watseka with his law classmate in September 1950; he served two | 21 | | terms as state's attorney of Iroquois County; in 1976, he was | 22 | | appointed Circuit Judge; his service commenced on January 1, | 23 | | 1977 and concluded with his retirement on October 31, 1995; he |
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| 1 | | served in Iroquois, Kankakee, and Will counties; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Judge Dannehl was active both locally and | 3 | | professionally; he served as Commander of the American Legion | 4 | | Post #23 in 1955, was a Charter Member of the Watseka Elks | 5 | | Lodge 446, a charter member of the Watseka Jaycees, and the | 6 | | chairman of the fundraising committee that built Legion Park | 7 | | swimming pool; he was a member of several local boards, | 8 | | including the American Red Cross, the Watseka Library, the | 9 | | Watseka First Trust & Savings Bank, and the Grand Prairie | 10 | | Seminary in Onarga; he was a member of the local, state, and | 11 | | American Bar Association and the American Judicature Society; | 12 | | he served on the Illinois Bar Association Committee to revise | 13 | | and rewrite the Illinois Criminal Code; he was an original | 14 | | board member and founder of an attorney assistance program to | 15 | | aid counsel with substance abuse programs; among his | 16 | | achievements, he was especially proud of a six-year appointment | 17 | | by the Illinois Supreme Court to the Supervisory Committee on | 18 | | Jury Instructions in Civil Cases; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Judge Dannehl was baptized in the Onarga United | 20 | | Methodist Church and remained a member of the Watseka First | 21 | | United Methodist Church until his passing; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Judge Dannehl was preceded in death by his wife, | 23 | | Ruth; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Judge Dannehl is survived by his children, Dr. | 2 | | Karl N. (Mary) Dannehl and Sara J. (Robert) Mikuta-Henry; his | 3 | | grandchildren, Joseph Robert Mikuta, Nicholas James (Gina) | 4 | | Mikuta, John Zeitler Dannehl, Cherylyn Henry, Laurin Henry | 5 | | (Andrew) Ewing; his great-grandchild, Nicholas James Mikuta | 6 | | Jr.; his brother, Wayne (Carole) Dannehl; his brother-in-law, | 7 | | Charles Lucas; and his many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, | 8 | | great-nephews, great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Honorable Judge Robert L. Dannehl and extend our sincere | 13 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 14 | | him; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Judge Dannehl as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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