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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 Robert F. Brummel of Yorkville, who |
| 4 | | passed away on January 1, 2012; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born May 9, 1931 in Aurora, the son of Leo |
| 6 | | J. and Gertrude (Modaff) Brummel; he received the State Farmers |
| 7 | | Degree Award in high school; he farmed in Rochester, Wisconsin |
| 8 | | after serving in the United States Army from December 8, 1953 |
| 9 | | to 1955, stationed in Germany; he married Patricia Kammes on |
| 10 | | November 29, 1958; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, In 1962, they moved to a farm south of Yorkville; |
| 12 | | in 1949, with the help of his brothers, they built seed |
| 13 | | cleaners for Brummel Seed Cleaning and built a strong business, |
| 14 | | of which he was owner and operator for 56 years; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church of |
| 16 | | Plano, where he was an usher and a member of the Holy Name |
| 17 | | Society, for which he supplied sweet corn for its annual Steak |
| 18 | | Fry; he was a member of the Yorkville Moose and Plano's |
| 19 | | American Legion; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, He served as the director of the Yorkville |
| 21 | | Farmer's Elevator, the Kentland Elevator, and Grainco F/S; as a |
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| 1 | | member of the Kendall County Farm Bureau, he was President for |
| 2 | | 7 years and served on the Board of Directors for 8 years; he |
| 3 | | was instrumental in starting the Farm Bureau Scholarship |
| 4 | | Program; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Leo and |
| 6 | | Gertrude; his sister, Barbara and her husband, Richard Koretke; |
| 7 | | and his brother, Henry and his wife, Margaret; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Brummel is survived by his wife, Patricia; |
| 9 | | their children, James, Joanne (Roger) Kyrouac, Janelle (Tom) |
| 10 | | Weber, Gerald, Kenneth (Kay), Carole (John) Steagall, Connie |
| 11 | | (Gregg) Schoenrade, and Colleen (Robert Jr) Browning; their |
| 12 | | grandchildren, Randall and Hannah Brummel, Robert and Matthew |
| 13 | | Kyrouac, Paul (Sonya) and Michael Weber, Aidan Brummel, |
| 14 | | Richard, Laura, Susan, Rachel, and Thomas Brummel, Kendrick and |
| 15 | | Katherine Steagall, James, Joseph, and Jennifer Schoenrade, |
| 16 | | and Robert III and Teage Browning; his brothers, Leo (Delores), |
| 17 | | Nick (Loretta), Ed (MaryAnn), and Richard (Alice); and his |
| 18 | | sister, Mary ( Robert) Kammes; therefore, be it
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
| 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
| 21 | | his family and friends, the passing of Robert Brummel; and be |
| 22 | | it further
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