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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with sadness of the death of Karl W. Fritze, Jr. of
4 Metropolis, and formerly of Cobden and Mesa, Arizona, on June
5 25, 2006; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mr. Fritze was born on February 11, 1926 in
7 Cobden, the son of Karl W. Fritze, Sr. and Frankie Condon
8 Fritze; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mr. Fritze was a veteran and served in the United
10 States Navy; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Mr. Fritze formerly owned a clothing store and dry
12 cleaning store in Cobden for many years; and
 
13     WHEREAS, The passing of Karl W. Fritze, Jr. is deeply felt
14 by all who knew and loved him, especially his lifelong
15 companion, Ara Ferrill, and her children, Jackie Blackman and
16 Bill Ferrill, who knew him as a father; and their children,
17 Brian Ferrill, Came Boudeman, Angela Berkheimer, Edward
18 Berkheimer, and Gretchen Childers; seven great-grandchildren;
19 and his many other relatives and friends; he was preceded in
20 death by his parents and his brother, Bob Fritze; therefore, be
21 it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
23 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
24 Karl W. Fritze, Jr., and we extend our sincere condolences to
25 his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
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27     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
28 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
29 sympathy.