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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Gerald Dean Augsburger of Normal, who |
4 | | passed away on October 3, 2019; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Dean Augsburger was born in Flanagan to Elmer and |
6 | | Mabel Yordy Augsburger on September 16, 1921; he served in the |
7 | | U.S. Army during World War II in Europe and spent three |
8 | | consecutive birthdays far from home; at the end of the war, he |
9 | | was stationed near his family's ancestral home in Germany; he |
10 | | married Mary Etta Campbell in Pontiac on May 21, 1949; and
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11 | | WHEREAS, Dean Augsburger owned his own plumbing business in |
12 | | Flanagan until the early 1970s, when he moved to |
13 | | Bloomington-Normal and partnered with his brother Joseph at |
14 | | Augsburger Plumbing; he continued to work in the plumbing trade |
15 | | until his late 80s; and
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16 | | WHEREAS, Dean Augsburger's outside interests included golf |
17 | | and following the Chicago Bears; he doted on his grandchildren |
18 | | and spent countless hours with them; he was proud to be an |
19 | | American and flew the U.S. flag wherever he lived; he was a |
20 | | member of First United Methodist Church in Normal and several |
21 | | fraternal and service organizations during his years in |
22 | | Flanagan; and
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