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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Robert "Bob" Eugene Billiter of Morton,
4who passed away on August 8, 2020; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Bob Billiter was born to Joseph and Georgene
6Conklin Billiter in Atlanta, Illinois on April 9, 1931; he was
7a 1949 graduate of Atlanta High School and attended Illinois
8State Normal University; he enlisted in the United States Army
9in 1951; although he suffered from rheumatic fever and was
10later hospitalized for six weeks while in basic training, he
11served his country with the 5th RCT in Korea during the Korean
12conflict from 1951 to 1953; he rotated back to the states the
13day after the Armistice was signed in July of 1953; he married
14Wanda Reinhart in Waynesville on June 13, 1954; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Upon returning from the service, Bob Billiter
16worked briefly for the Atlanta Argus newspaper and for General
17Electric in Bloomington; he then began work at the Cutler
18Hammer Eaton Corporation in Lincoln; in 1993, he retired as a
19senior buyer for Cutler Hammer Eaton after 35 years of service;
20and
 
21    WHEREAS, Bob Billiter was a lifelong member of the Atlanta
22Methodist Church, where he served for many years on the

 

 

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1Administrative Council and Trustees; he was also an active
2member of the Atlanta Methodist Men; he served on the Atlanta A
3Team, as past president of the Central Illinois Purchasing
4Association, as past president of the Atlanta Lions Club, and
5as a trustee for the Abraham Lincoln Hospital Board from 1975
6to 1981, and he was a 67-year member of the Atlanta American
7Legion Post 341; he said his most satisfying service to the
8Atlanta community was as treasurer on the Atlanta Library Board
9when the clock tower at the corner of Race and Arch streets was
10constructed on the library grounds; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Bob Billiter loved spending time with Wanda, his
12family, and friends at many Lake of the Ozarks resorts; in
131984, he and Wanda purchased a cabin on the lake in Camdenton,
14Missouri, where many fond memories were made with their
15grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Bob Billiter was preceded in death by his parents
17and his two brothers, Edward and Joseph Jr; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Bob Billiter is survived by his wife of 66 years,
19Wanda; his son, Kirk (Rebecca) Billiter; his daughter, Carolyn
20(Gary) Henricks; his five grandchildren, Jenna (Lance)
21Montgomery, Andrew (Rachel) Henricks, Derek (Kara) Henricks,
22Dylan (Sophie) Henricks, and Kelsey Henricks; and his nine
23great-grandchildren, Gracyn, Graham, and Sloane Montgomery,

 

 

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1Leo and Ivy Henricks, and Oliver, Audrey, Phoebe, and Ruby
2Henricks; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
5Robert "Bob" Eugene Billiter and extend our sincere condolences
6to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be
7it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Bob Billiter as an expression of our
10deepest sympathy.