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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 Gordon H. "Gordy" Wilke of Union, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on June 10, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Gordon Wilke was born in Elgin on March 3, 1940 to | ||||||
| 6 | Walter and Caroline (nee Barr) Wilke; he served in the United | ||||||
| 7 | States Army and married Bonnie Yerke in Union on September 5, | ||||||
| 8 | 1964; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Gordon Wilke owned and operated Clasens Tavern in | ||||||
| 10 | Union for over 20 years; he held a position as a rural carrier | ||||||
| 11 | for the Huntley Post Office for 17 years; he began his career | ||||||
| 12 | as a volunteer firefighter on the Union Fire Department in | ||||||
| 13 | 1964; in 1994, he was appointed as a Trustee for the Union Fire | ||||||
| 14 | Protection District to finish his 47-year career with the fire | ||||||
| 15 | department; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Gordon Wilke served and volunteered with many | ||||||
| 17 | organizations, including the Moose Club in Harvard; he was | ||||||
| 18 | Treasurer for the Village of Union, a member of the Union Lions | ||||||
| 19 | Club, President of the Union Cemetery Board, and a board member | ||||||
| 20 | of Siems Memorial Park; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Gordon Wilke was a member of St. John's United | ||||||
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| 1 | Church of Christ in Union for over 50 years; he loved to | ||||||
| 2 | travel, especially camping with his family, and was an avid | ||||||
| 3 | Chicago Bears fan; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Gordon Wilke was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Gordon Wilke is survived by his wife of 50 years, | ||||||
| 7 | Bonnie; his children, Beth (Will) Lulinski and Dan (Holli) | ||||||
| 8 | Wilke; his grandchildren, Tommy and Mia Lulinski; his | ||||||
| 9 | step-mother, Hettie Wilke; his brother, Jim (Sue) Wilke; his | ||||||
| 10 | sister, Virginia (Bern) Danielson; his step-brothers, Wayne | ||||||
| 11 | (Diane) Wilke, Charlie (Barb) Seelhoff, Ron Seelhoff, and Vern | ||||||
| 12 | (Violet) Seelhoff; and his brother-in-law, Tom Yerke and Doris; | ||||||
| 13 | therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Gordon H. "Gordy" Wilke, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 17 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Gordon Wilke as an expression of our | ||||||
| 21 | deepest sympathy.
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