SR0570 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Richard "Dick" Jaeger of Geneva, who passed away on January 24, 2012; and

WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of Geneva Illinois, he was educated at St. Patrick's grade school (St. Charles) and Marmion Military Academy; and

WHEREAS, As a young man he sang tenor in a barbershop quartet with his father and his 2 brothers; after service in the Army Air Force during World War II, he graduated from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, where he met and married his wife of 62 years, Norma; and

WHEREAS, He was the Sales Manager of the Elmhurst Chicago Stone Company for 35 years and was past President of the Illinois Ready Mixed Concrete Association; and

WHEREAS, He was tireless in his involvement in his community and church, chiefly as a fundraiser; he was elected to the Geneva School Board and served on the Geneva History Center Board; he was a communicant of the old and new St. Peter Church in Geneva where he taught religious education for 17 years; his love for his church was evidenced by countless hours of service to St. Peter's; he was thrilled to have attended a Papal Mass in Rome with his wife and daughters; and

WHEREAS, He used his woodworking skills, first creating Christmas ornaments depicting historic buildings of Geneva that he and Norma used to help raise funds for the Geneva History Center and then began building model replicas of the buildings; these award-winning pieces of folk art, on display at the Geneva History Center, are a reminder of his affection for his hometown; and

WHEREAS, An avid sport fisherman, he traveled all over North America, as recently as this past summer, with his sons and close friends; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son, Steven; his parents, Justin and Blanche; his brother, Jack; and his sisters, Bette Koehler, Ann Cantrall, and Judy; and

WHEREAS, Richard Jaeger is survived by his wife, Norma; his children, Richard II, Sue (David Mitchell), J. Patrick (Julie), Nan (Richard Manning), Beth, Paula (Paul Pikowitz), and David (Theresa); his grandchildren, Ryan, Ashley, and Richard Jaeger III, Christopher, David, and Stephanie Mitchell, Madeline and Corinne Manning, and Grace Jaeger; his brother, Gene (Florence); his sister, Mary; and his sister-in-law Eleanor; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Richard Jaeger; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Richard Jaeger as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.