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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of Richard
4 A. Brauer of Belleville on Tuesday, May 25, 2004; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Richard A. Brauer was born on August 28, 1928, in
6 Belleville to George and Lillian, nee Felts, Brauer; he
7 graduated from Belleville Township High School in 1945 and
8 attended St. Louis University; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mr. Brauer valiantly served his country in the
10 U.S. Army as a combat engineer in the Korean War; he married
11 Dorothy "Dottie", nee Rose, on July 6, 1968; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Mr. Brauer worked in the plastering business for
13 several years and also at Monsanto in Sauget; in 1973, his
14 mentor, Belleville Mayor Charles Nichols, asked him to run for
15 city clerk on his ticket; he served as city clerk from 1973
16 until 1979, when he was elected mayor to finish the term of
17 Mayor Nichols; he proudly served as mayor of Belleville until
18 1993; in his retirement, he served as both commissioner and
19 treasurer of the Public Building Commission of St. Clair
20 County; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Mr. Brauer loved spending the winter months in
22 Orange Beach, Alabama, at the family condo, where he was
23 treasurer of the condo association; he was also a past
24 president of the Missouri Snowbirds Club, Gulf Shores, Alabama;
25 he loved his family, his city, his country, and his many
26 friends; and
 
27     WHEREAS, Mr. Brauer was co-founder and chairman emeritus of
28 Belleville Sister Cities, Inc.; a life member, past governor
29 and pilgrim of Belleville-Swansea Moose Lodge 1221; a member of
30 American Legion Belleville Post 58; and a life member of the

 

 

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1 Veterans of Foreign Wars; he was active in St. Clair Masonic
2 Lodge 24, AF&AM, for 49 years; he was also a member of the
3 Knight Temple, the Royal Arch Masons of Illinois, and the Ainad
4 Temple Shriners; other memberships included the Korean War
5 Veterans Association, IMJIN chapter, the board of the 14th
6 Engineer Combat Battalion Association, the Plasterers Union,
7 the Eagles, South Side Improvement Association, the Historical
8 Society of St. Clair County, and the Genealogical Societies of
9 St. Louis and St. Clair County; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The passing of Richard A. Brauer has been deeply
11 felt by many, especially his wife, Dorothy "Dottie"; his
12 brothers and sisters, Kenneth (Jean) Brauer, Betty (Marshall)
13 Hartman, Marilyn (Don) Ackerman, Bill (Betty) Brauer, and
14 Barbara (Bill) Meier; his foster brother, Don (Sue) Frazier;
15 his sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Audrey Brauer, Carol
16 Brauer, Tom (Ruth) Rose, Jeanne (Jim) Koechling, Theresa (Gene)
17 Boyet, Marcella Rose, Richard (Shirley) Rose, Betty Rose, and
18 Carol Rose; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
21 mourn the passing of Richard A. Brauer, and we extend our
22 deepest sympathy to his family, friends, community, and all who
23 knew and loved him; and be it further
 
24     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
25 presented to the family of Richard A. Brauer as an expression
26 of our sincere condolences.