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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 Keith O. Gellerstedt of Moline, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on November 8, 2021; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Keith Gellerstedt was born in Moline to Carl and | ||||||
| 6 | Carolyn (Nelson) Gellerstedt on April 22, 1926; he graduated | ||||||
| 7 | from Moline High School in 1944 and served in the U.S. Army | ||||||
| 8 | 75th Division during World War II; he traveled to Europe on the | ||||||
| 9 | Queen Mary at the age of 17 and became a member of what was | ||||||
| 10 | affectionately called the "Diaper Division"; he served in | ||||||
| 11 | France, Germany, and Belgium and fought in the Battle of the | ||||||
| 12 | Bulge; he married Marie A. Kaufmann in Moline on March 16, | ||||||
| 13 | 1957; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Keith Gellerstedt returned from service and | ||||||
| 15 | studied to become a computer programmer; he worked in the data | ||||||
| 16 | processing division for Deere and Company and, later, for the | ||||||
| 17 | Bendix Corp., which became Litton Industries; he retired in | ||||||
| 18 | 1986; he also spent many years working with Marie and their | ||||||
| 19 | sons at her business, Nixalite of America; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Keith Gellerstedt participated in the October | ||||||
| 21 | 2009 Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.; he was a member of | ||||||
| 22 | Trinity Lutheran Church in Moline and the Ex-Servicemen's | ||||||
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| 1 | Club; he was a former member of the Moline Elks, the Turners | ||||||
| 2 | Club, the Vikings Club, and American Legion Post 246; he loved | ||||||
| 3 | spending time at their river home in Cordova, boating and | ||||||
| 4 | working in the yard; he had a very artistic side and loved his | ||||||
| 5 | sweets and a dry Rob Roy with a twist served "up"; most of all | ||||||
| 6 | he loved spending time with his family; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Keith Gellerstedt is survived by his wife, Marie; | ||||||
| 8 | his daughter, Lori (Jeff) Doroba; his sons, Keith Todd | ||||||
| 9 | (Debbie), Jon Erik (Stephenie), and Cory (Julie) Gellerstedt; | ||||||
| 10 | his grandchildren, Sophie, Brian, and Molly Doroba, Carolyn | ||||||
| 11 | (Brian) Harvey, and Kenny (Rachel), Jake, Hannah, Britta, | ||||||
| 12 | Nick, and Emma Gellerstedt; his great-grandchildren, Jude and | ||||||
| 13 | Zoe Gellerstedt; and baby Dean Harvey due in March; therefore, | ||||||
| 14 | be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 17 | Keith O. Gellerstedt and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 18 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Keith Gellerstedt as an expression | ||||||
| 22 | of our deepest sympathy.
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