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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of
Calvin Neunaber of Bethalto, who passed |
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| away on July 15, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Calvin Neunaber was born on October 31, 1924 in |
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| Meadowbrook; his parents were John F. and Matilda (Klopmeier) |
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| Neunaber; he married the former Mary K. Adams on September 23, |
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| 1951 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Bethalto; and
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| WHEREAS, Calvin Neunaber was in the U.S. Army 106th |
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| Infantry Division, serving his country from 1942 to 1945; he |
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| was active at the Battle of the Bulge and was a P.O.W. during |
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| the Second World War; and
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| WHEREAS, Calvin Neunaber was the owner of the Alt-Wood Fuel |
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| Company for 35 years until his retirement in 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, Calvin Neunaber was a lifelong member of the Zion |
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| Lutheran Church in Bethalto, where he was involved with the |
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| Men's Club, the church's sausage supper, and the church choir; |
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| he was a member of the Bethalto American Legion Post 214, where |
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| he was a past commander and assisted with many military |
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| funerals; he was a founding member of the Bethalto Rotary Club, |
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| where he served on the Easter Egg, Halloween parade, and |
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| homecoming committees, and where he received the Paul Harris |
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| Fellowship; he was a volunteer fireman and was on the St. Louis |
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| Regional Airport Commission Board for 25 years; he served Meals |
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| on Wheels, drove the Senior Citizen bus, and volunteered at |
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| Alton Memorial Hospital; and he loved to travel; and
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| WHEREAS, Calvin Neunaber was preceded in death by his |
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| parents; his wife; and his siblings, Harold (Tunney) Neunaber, |
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| Raymond Neunaber, Dorothy Miller, and Josephine Stanton; and
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| WHEREAS, Calvin Neunaber is survived by his children, Kathi |
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| Neunaber, Steve and Josie Neunaber, Eric and Vicki Neunaber, |
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| and Susan Neunaber; his grandchildren, Brendan, Scott, and |
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| Emily; and several nieces, nephews, and friends; and |
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| WHEREAS, Calvin Neunaber's dedication and service to |
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| others and his community endeared him to his family members, |
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| friends, and all who knew him, and enabled him to enrich their |
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| lives in ways they will never forget; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Calvin Neunaber; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |