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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Ivan Walter Schroeder of |
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| Galesburg on Sunday, May 2, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Schroeder was born on December 15, 1919, in |
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| Hancock, Iowa, to Walter Henry and Ella Dorothea Woltmann |
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| Schroeder; he married Veta Burnett Marshall on November 23, |
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| 1940, in Lewis, Iowa; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Schroeder valiantly served his country from |
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| 1944 to 1946 during World War II in the U.S. Army, attaining |
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| the rank of corporal; he was a member of Company D of the 745th |
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| Railroad Operating Battalion; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Schroeder worked for Iowa State Telephone Co. |
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| from 1938 to 1942; from 1942 until retiring in 1980, he worked |
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| as an engineer for the CB&Q Railroad in Galesburg, which later |
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| became Burlington Northern Railroad; he was a member of the |
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| Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Division 644; he was also a |
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| member of First United Methodist Church in Galesburg; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Ivan Walter Schroeder has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Veta Burnett |
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| Marshall; his daughters, Delores (and Jack) Howerter, Karen |
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| (and Gary) Thomas, and Janice (and Neill) Unger; his brothers, |
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| Dexter, Lloyd, and Howard; his sister, Dorothy Keller; his 5 |
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| grandchildren; his 3 step-grandchildren; his 2 |
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| great-grandchildren; and his 5 step-great-grandchildren; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Ivan Walter Schroeder, and we extend our sincere condolences to |
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| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |