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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Gary Bair of Casa Grande, Arizona, who
4 passed away on December 25, 2006; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Gary L. Bair was born May 11, 1946, in Granite
6 City to Ervin M. "Cubby" and Sarah Helen (Stearns) Bair; he
7 married Dorothy Ann "Dot" Schaefer on August 6, 1966, at the
8 First United Methodist Church in Trenton; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Gary Bair, a former Edwardsville resident, taught
10 at the Edwardsville Elementary School for 34 years, retiring in
11 May of 2005; he graduated from Wesclin High School in 1964 and
12 earned a Bachelor of science degree and a Master's degree in
13 elementary education from Southern Illinois University in
14 Edwardsville; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Gary Bair was a United States Army veteran,
16 serving in Vietnam with "Jayhawks" Company "A", 9th Aviation
17 Battalion, 9th Infantry Division as a helicopter crew chief and
18 gunner; he was a member of St. John's United Methodist Church
19 in Edwardsville, the Phoenix American Legion Post 100, the
20 Edwardsville American Legion, the Edwardsville Lions Club, and
21 the National Education Association, Illinois Education
22 Association, and the Edwardsville Education Association; and
 
23     WHEREAS, Gary Bair began a career as a golf coach by first
24 working as a volunteer assistant under coach Dennis Erlich; he
25 then became the girls golf coach, leading them to many State
26 tournaments, and eventually their unbeaten season and first
27 State championship in 2004; after his retirement he enjoyed
28 playing golf as a hobby and established a youth golf program in
29 Casa Grande; and
 
30     WHEREAS, Gary Bair is survived by his wife, Dorothy; his

 

 

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1 son and his wife, Garet and Cori Bair; his daughter and her
2 husband, Kristin and George Frank; his grandchildren; his
3 brothers and sisters, JoAnn Payne and her husband, Ed, Duane
4 Bair and his wife, Linda, Oliver Bair and his wife, Marie,
5 Donald Bair and his wife, Patricia, Bonnie Ellison Bair, and
6 Larry Bair and his wife, Charlotte; his brother-in-law and
7 sisters-in-law, Loretta Bair and Rosalie Bair, Pat Schaefer,
8 and William and Michelle Schaefer; he was preceded in death by
9 his parents; his brothers, Mike Bair and Harold E. "Cubby"
10 Bair; twin brother and sister, John and Jacqlyn Bair in
11 infancy; his sisters-in-law, Suellen Bair and Betty Bair; and
12 his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Rayburn and Margarite
13 Schaefer; therefore, be it
 
14     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
15 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
16 his family and friends, the passing of Gary Bair, and express
17 our condolences; and be it further
 
18     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19 presented to the family of Gary Bair.