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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 Donald Leo Wendle of Godfrey, who passed |
| 4 | | away on March 2, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Wendle was born in Alton on January 2, 1934 |
| 6 | | to Leo Louis and Helen Virginia (nee Groshan) Wendle; following |
| 7 | | graduation from St. Mary's Elementary School and Alton High |
| 8 | | School in 1951, he attended Shurtleff College; on October 24, |
| 9 | | 1959, he married Janis Kathryn Miller at St. Mary's Catholic |
| 10 | | Church in Alton; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Donald Wendle began his career with |
| 12 | | Owens-Illinois (O-I) Glass Co. in Alton; by way of the bus and |
| 13 | | hitch hiking, he completed night classes to earn dual associate |
| 14 | | degrees in drafting and engineering design from Washington |
| 15 | | University in 1956; in 1994, he retired from O-I as a |
| 16 | | manufacturing engineer at the Godfrey Machine Manufacturing |
| 17 | | facility; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Donald Wendle had a life-long passion for golf |
| 19 | | that began as a young caddy, and includes 3 hole-in-ones; he |
| 20 | | shot his age several times; he was inducted into the Alton Golf |
| 21 | | Hall of Fame in 2007; his love for fishing centered on local |
| 22 | | farm ponds north of Brighton, Canada and the Michigan Upper |
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| 1 | | Penisula; he and his wife enjoyed travelling to elder hostels |
| 2 | | and other attractions with friends and family throughout the |
| 3 | | United States and Canada; in 2002, he created detailed drawings |
| 4 | | of Robert Wadlow's giant chair for artist Jerry McKenna, |
| 5 | | sculptor of the bronze replica that accompanies the Wadlow |
| 6 | | statue in Alton; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Donald Wendle was a life-long member of St. Mary's |
| 8 | | Catholic Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Donald Wendle was preceded in death by his parents |
| 10 | | and his siblings, Virginia (Gin) White, Eugene (Gene), Gerald |
| 11 | | (Jerry), and Paul; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Donald Wendle is survived by his wife, Janis; his |
| 13 | | 3 children, 9 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren, |
| 14 | | Anthony (Tony) Wendle, with son, Lucas; Eric and Marci (nee |
| 15 | | Roberts) Wendle, with children, Paige, Jayne, Peter, Maria, |
| 16 | | Monica, and Thomas; Anne and Mike Schleeper, with son, Michael, |
| 17 | | his wife, Heather, and their children, Keyton and Kaden and |
| 18 | | son, Dustin, his wife, Elisabeth, and their children, Caleb and |
| 19 | | Nicholas; therefore, be it
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 22 | | Donald Leo Wendle, and extend our sincere condolences to his |