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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 Ordwin A. "Rocky" Schoenrock of |
4 | | Springfield, who passed away on September 2, 2015; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Ordwin Schoenrock was born in Wilton Township, |
6 | | Minnesota on May 30, 1922 to Otto and Magdalena Schoenrock; he |
7 | | served in the United States Navy as a sonarman on the Destroyer |
8 | | Escort USS Inch during World War II; he also served as an |
9 | | interpreter for German sailors captured after the sinking of |
10 | | the U490 German submarine in the North Atlantic in June of |
11 | | 1944; he married Evelyn Brewer on April 10, 1954; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, After the war, Ordwin Schoenrock attended the |
13 | | American Academy of Art School in Chicago; he then moved to |
14 | | Springfield to work as display advertising director for the |
15 | | S.A. Barker Co. and as sign designer for the Sheehan Sign |
16 | | Company; in 1959, he was employed by the State Journal-Register |
17 | | as an advertising artist; and
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18 | | WHEREAS, In 1969, Ordwin Schoenrock began a series of local |
19 | | and area church paintings that were published on Christmas Day |
20 | | each year for over 20 years; over 20 church paintings are on |
21 | | display at the State Journal-Register; and
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