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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Homer Gene Gurtler of Peoria, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on September 5, 2021; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Homer Gurtler was born to Charles F. and Pearl | ||||||
| 6 | (Anderson) Gurtler in Summerfield, Kansas on October 27, 1924; | ||||||
| 7 | he married Barbara Bitting at First United Methodist Church in | ||||||
| 8 | Peoria on July 3, 1954; he graduated from Kansas State | ||||||
| 9 | University with a degree in Agricultural Engineering; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Homer Gurtler began working for Caterpillar | ||||||
| 11 | Tractor, Co. in 1953; for many years he was a service | ||||||
| 12 | representative, first in North Carolina, South Carolina, and | ||||||
| 13 | Georgia and then in New York State, Vermont, and New | ||||||
| 14 | Hampshire; he also spent time as a service representative on | ||||||
| 15 | the Ohio Turnpike and the Saint Lawrence Seaway Project; after | ||||||
| 16 | returning to Peoria in 1965, he worked in service and | ||||||
| 17 | marketing; he retired in 1988; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Homer Gurtler delivered Meals on Wheels and drove | ||||||
| 19 | for the Red Cross; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Homer Gurtler was a long time member of | ||||||
| 21 | University United Methodist Church in Peoria where he was | ||||||
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| 1 | usher captain for many years; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Homer Gurtler loved to travel, play tennis, camp, | ||||||
| 3 | hike, and garden; he was a member of the Highpointers Club and | ||||||
| 4 | visited the high points of 41 states; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Homer Gurtler was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 6 | parents; his sisters, Virginia (Robert) Loebeck and Mildred | ||||||
| 7 | (Eugene) Moseley; and his brother, Charles (Pat Brainard) A. | ||||||
| 8 | Gurtler; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Homer Gurtler is survived by his wife; his | ||||||
| 10 | daughter, Karen (Pete) May; his son, Gary Gurtler; his | ||||||
| 11 | granddaughter, Julie (Riley McNutt) May; his grandson, Zachary | ||||||
| 12 | (Laura Lenius) May; his great-granddaughter, Kennedy Marie | ||||||
| 13 | May; and his several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Homer Gene Gurtler and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 17 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Homer Gurtler as an expression of | ||||||
| 21 | our deepest sympathy.
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