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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Robert "Bob" Waldmire, who passed away on
4 December 16, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Robert Waldmire was born on April 19, 1945, in St.
6 Louis; his parents were Edwin and Virginia Waldmire; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Robert Waldmire grew up in Springfield and
8 Rochester; he graduated from Rochester High School and attended
9 Springfield College in Illinois (now Benedictine University at
10 Springfield) SIU-Carbondale, and ASU; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Robert Waldmire had a lifelong career as a
12 traveling artist drawing college bird's-eye view calendar
13 maps; in the late 1980s, he began focusing his efforts and
14 talents on documenting and preserving Old Route 66 from Chicago
15 to San Bernardino; his meticulous artwork recreates much of the
16 old highway as it used to be and continues to stimulate renewed
17 interest in this National Historic Landmark; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Robert Waldmire was preceded in death by his
19 parents; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Robert Waldmire is survived by his son, Jim

 

 

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1 Graham; his grandchildren, Mia and Parker; his brothers, Bill
2 (Arlene), Buz, Jeff (Carol), and Tom; his sister-in-law, Sue
3 Waldmire; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
5 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
6 his family and friends, the passing of Robert "Bob" Waldmire;
7 and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to the family of Robert Waldmire as an expression of
10 our sympathy.