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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express
3 their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Brenton
4 J. Emerick of Waukegan, who passed away on January 1, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Brenton Emerick was born on June 3, 1924, in
6 Pleasantville, Iowa; he served in the United States Navy during
7 World War II in the South Pacific; and
 
8     WHEREAS, He was a member of the Elks Club, the Glen Flora
9 Country Club, the City Club of Waukegan, and the Northside
10 Athletic Club; he also played semi-pro football for the
11 Waukegan Merchants; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Brenton Emerick was president and CEO of American
13 National Bank and Trust of Waukegan and sat on numerous banking
14 boards; and
 
15     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his daughter, Mary
16 Schenkenberg; and his sisters, Catherine Thompson and Dona
17 Hoff; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Brenton Emerick is survived by his loving wife of
19 63 years, Virginia (nee Hasenohrl); his children, Alan (Peggy)
20 Emerick, Margaret (Tibor) Racz, Nancy (Ronald) Centers, Alice

 

 

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1 (Merrill) Barden, Marcia (Robert) Tillotson, and Jack (Debora)
2 Emerick; his 14 grandchildren; his 12 great-grandchildren; his
3 great-great-grandchild; and his sister, Beverly Schmidt;
4 therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
7 his family and friends, the passing of Brenton Emerick; and be
8 it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Brenton Emerick as an expression of
11 our sympathy.