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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 Harold E. "Lem" Kaiser of Morton, who |
| 4 | | passed away on July 17, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Harold Kaiser was born in Tremont on December 15, |
| 6 | | 1919 to Benjamin and Anna (nee Plattner) Kaiser; he graduated |
| 7 | | from Tremont High School in 1937; he married Ila Jean Stieglitz |
| 8 | | in February of 1946 in Morton; he farmed for his father until |
| 9 | | leaving for the service in 1942 and served his country in the |
| 10 | | United States Army from 1942 to 1946; he married Helen Jean |
| 11 | | (nee Smith) Merchenthaler on November 10, 1976 in Morton; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Harold Kaiser worked for the United States Postal |
| 13 | | Service as a rural mail carrier, delivering mail between 1958 |
| 14 | | and 1982 in Morton and Tremont; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Harold Kaiser was an avid golfer who scored a |
| 16 | | hole-in-one 3 different times; he enjoyed searching for morel |
| 17 | | mushrooms in his favorite spots, cooking steak on the grill, |
| 18 | | and eating strawberries and shortcake; he grew sweet corn and |
| 19 | | tomatoes and picked berries; he relished dinners on the |
| 20 | | screened-in porch with his family; he enjoyed traveling to |
| 21 | | Florida, Hawaii, and Cancun, Mexico; he enjoyed ice-skating |
| 22 | | with his daughter, water-skiing with the boys, swimming, |
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| 1 | | badminton, and cards with the grandkids; he loved to garden and |
| 2 | | tinker around the house and yard; he was an active member of |
| 3 | | the Morton Apostolic Christian Church; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Harold Kaiser was preceded in death by his first |
| 5 | | wife, Ila; his brother; and his 5 sisters; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Harold Kaiser is survived by his wife, Helen; his |
| 7 | | 4 children, Loren "Lon" (Cindy) Kaiser, Thomas (Lisa) Kaiser, |
| 8 | | Jean (Don) Lashbrook, and Scott (Julie) Kaiser; his brother, |
| 9 | | Orman (Katherine) Kaiser; his 2 sisters-in-law, Verla Leman and |
| 10 | | Wilma Stieglitz; and his 11 grandchildren and 19 |
| 11 | | great-grandchildren, including Jeff (Mary) Kaiser, Kim Emery, |
| 12 | | Heather (Ryan) Gray, Joe Williamson, Dawn (Brian) Sharpe, Terah |
| 13 | | (Jason) Allen, Angie (Andy) Ogburn, Weston (Stephanie) Taylor, |
| 14 | | Jesse (Emily) Lashbrook, and Jake and Laura Kaiser; therefore, |
| 15 | | be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 18 | | Harold E. "Lem" Kaiser, and extend our sincere condolences to |
| 19 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 20 | | further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Harold Kaiser as an expression of |