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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Robert E. Lee of Batavia, who passed away
4 on May 6, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee was born on April 9, 1924 in Aurora;
6 his parents were Emmett Lehr Lee, M.D. and Sylvia Chenoweth
7 Lee; he married Geraldine (Matthews) on July 7, 1945; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee attended Aurora schools and
9 graduated from high school at Culver Military Academy in
10 Culver, Indiana in 1942; he obtained his bachelor's degree at
11 Ohio State University, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta
12 fraternity, and graduated in 1949; he graduated from the
13 University of Illinois College of Dentistry in 1953; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee served with pride and distinction as
15 a member of the Army Air Corps during World War II in the 8th
16 Air Force, 452nd Bomb Group based in England; and
 
17     WHEREAS, After graduating from the University of Illinois
18 College Of Dentistry, Robert E. Lee began his career as a
19 dentist in the same Aurora building where his father had
20 practiced medicine and his father-in-law had practiced
21 dentistry; he practiced in this building part-time until 1996;

 

 

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1 he also served as an associate professor in the department of
2 periodontics at the University of Illinois from 1964 to 1988;
3 and
 
4     WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee was an active member of his
5 community; he was a member of the American Dental Association
6 and its local components; he served as a board member and
7 president of the Fox River Dental Society and the Aurora Dental
8 Society and was a member of the American Academy of
9 Periodontics; he was elected to the Batavia school board in
10 1966 and served as its president from 1969 to 1972; he was also
11 a member and former board member of the St. Charles Country
12 Club; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee was a long-time member of the
14 Congregational Church of Batavia; he enjoyed attending the
15 Saturday morning men's Bible study during his retirement years;
16 and
 
17     WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee was preceded in death by his
18 daughter, Nancy Lee Sayers; his brother, Foster; his sister,
19 Sylvia; and his parents; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee is survived by his wife; his sons,
21 Robert Mark Lee, D.D.S. and William Emmett Lee; his
22 grandchildren, Matthew J. Sayers, Julie A. Sayers, Robert W.

 

 

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1 Lee, and Michael E. Lee; and his daughter-in-law, Wendy Lee;
2 and
 
3     WHEREAS, Robert E. Lee will be remembered by all who knew
4 and loved him as a man who was always ready with a joke, a lover
5 of big band music, a great dancer, and as a man who loved his
6 family dearly; therefore, be it
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
8 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
9 his family and friends, the passing of Robert E. Lee; and be it
10 further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to the family of Robert E. Lee as an expression of
13 our sympathy.