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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of
3 Illinois were saddened to learn of the death of Bernard
4 Joseph Schroeder of Jerseyville on Saturday, February 22,
5 2003; and
6 WHEREAS, Mr. Schroeder was born on August 10, 1916 near
7 Carrollton to Henry G. and Mary (Meyer) Schroeder; he was
8 their second child; and
9 WHEREAS, Mr. Schroeder valiantly served his country
10 during World War II as Army Master Sergeant in the Aleutian
11 Islands; and
12 WHEREAS, Mr. Schroeder was active in community and civic
13 organizations; he was a 4th Degree Knight and District Deputy
14 in the Knights of Columbus as well as a member of the Moose,
15 the Elks, and the American Legion; he served on the Jersey
16 Community School Board for several years and was a founding
17 member of the Westlake Country Club; and
18 WHEREAS, Mr. Schroeder owned and operated B.J.
19 Schroeder's Appliance and TV Store for 45 years; he will be
20 remembered as being devoted to his customers; and
21 WHEREAS, The passing of Mr. Schroeder has been deeply
22 felt by all who knew him; he was the dearly loved husband of
23 Marcella (Tonsor) (the late Ernie Pohlman) and of the late
24 Mary Agnes (Carmody); father of Father James Schroeder, SCJ,
25 Cheryl Schroeder, Dr. Victoria Dawdy (Steven Bilsbury), Jill
26 (Don) Schmidt, Jan (the late Jay) Kammer, Kevin Schroeder,
27 and Kim (Rick) Davis; stepfather of John (Sheri) Pohlman,
28 Margaret Pohlman, Terri (Jim) Campbell, and Kaye (Kevin)
29 Skibbe; grandfather of Abbie and Brian Schroeder, Todd Zinn
30 (Cheryl Eluska), Amber (Scott) Drancik, the late Adam Zinn,
31 Christine, M'Aggie, and Matthew Schmidt, Ellen Kammer,
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1 Charlie, Katherine, and Mary Claire Davis, Mary Kathryn
2 Pohlman, the late Lauren Ramey, Joseph and Kelly Campbell,
3 and Sam and Guss Skibbe; great-grandfather of Danny and
4 Morgan Zinn and Max Drancik; brother of Mary Margaret
5 (Melvin) Becker and of Vince (Emily) Schroeder, and of the
6 late Lawrence, Ray, and Marty Schroeder; brother-in-law of
7 James (Doris) Carmody and Nellie (the late Marty) Schroeder,
8 Lucille (the late Ted) Hamblen, the late Bob (Niece) Tonsor,
9 Edie (Truman) Garland, Joe (Edie) Tonsor, and the late Janet
10 (Jim & Sandy) File; and son-in-law of Cecil Groppel;
11 therefore, be it
12 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
14 of Bernard Joseph Schroeder and extend to his family,
15 friends, and all who loved him, our deepest sympathy; and be
16 it further
17 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to the family of Bernard Schroeder as a token of
19 our sincerest condolences.