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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Lynn Edwin Salier of Arlington Heights, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on November 20, 2007; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Lynn Edwin Salier worked his way through Knox | ||||||
| 6 | College in Galesburg, while participating with the Beta Theta | ||||||
| 7 | Pi fraternity and in the Army's ROTC program;
Mr. Salier | ||||||
| 8 | remained active over the years with Knox College's alumni | ||||||
| 9 | association, and he helped to recruit prospective students; he | ||||||
| 10 | attended his 50-year reunion in 2006, and in 2007 he received | ||||||
| 11 | the Knox College Service Award for his long commitment to the | ||||||
| 12 | institution and its students; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, After his graduation in 1956, Mr. Salier served in | ||||||
| 14 | Korea with the United States Army, moving up the officer's | ||||||
| 15 | ranks to captain; after his return from service, he met and | ||||||
| 16 | married his wife, Dawne; together they celebrated 46 years of | ||||||
| 17 | marriage; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, He earned his master's degrees in counseling from | ||||||
| 19 | Northern Illinois University; he accepted a teaching job in the | ||||||
| 20 | Northwest suburbs, starting out as an English teacher at Grove | ||||||
| 21 | Junior High School in Elk Grove Village; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, He later moved to Elk Grove High School to accept | ||||||
| 2 | a position as a counselor; he worked with another counselor to | ||||||
| 3 | run peer groups and other support groups for students; when he | ||||||
| 4 | wasn't in the classroom, Mr. Salier enjoyed outdoor activities, | ||||||
| 5 | including hiking and skiing; he took up downhill skiing at | ||||||
| 6 | Wilmot Mountain in Wisconsin before earning his certification | ||||||
| 7 | with the National Ski Patrol; as a couple, Mr. Salier and Dawne | ||||||
| 8 | enjoyed walking, making a goal to walk every street in | ||||||
| 9 | Arlington Heights, which they did over the course of two years, | ||||||
| 10 | 230 miles of city streets and 20 miles of state highways; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Lynn Salier is survived by his wife, Dawne; his | ||||||
| 12 | daughters, Natasha Schnell and Nicole (Sergei) Okhokonin; and | ||||||
| 13 | one granddaughter, Sawyer Schnell; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 16 | his family, friends, and former students, the passing of Lynn | ||||||
| 17 | Edwin Salier; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Lynn Salier as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 20 | sympathy.
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