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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Joseph Wannamaker of Godfrey, who passed
4 away on July 24, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Joseph Wannamaker was born on July 21, 1923 in
6 Alton; his parents were Joseph and Helen (Henrich) Wannamaker;
7 he married the former Luetta Marquis in 1941, and they
8 divorced; he married the former Kay Stewart on March 29, 1977
9 in Godfrey; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Joseph Wannamaker served in the U.S. Army during
11 World War II; he worked as a supervisor at Owens-Illinois in
12 Alton, retiring in 1981; he was a member of Twelfth Street
13 Presbyterian Church in Alton; he was a 50-year member of Piasa
14 Masonic Lodge in Alton and a member of Alton VFW Post 1308; he
15 taught woodcarving all over the country and was a member of
16 several woodcarving associations, including the National
17 Woodcarvers Association and Affiliated Woodcarvers Ltd.; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Joseph Wannamaker was preceded in death by his
19 grandson, Matthew Jacob Wannamaker; his brother, William
20 Wannamaker; and his sister, Catherine Schulz; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Joseph Wannamaker is survived by his wife; his

 

 

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1 sons and daughters-in-law, Joe Wannamaker, Mark and Audrey
2 Wannamaker, David and Rita Wannamaker, and Stewart and Patty
3 Bramley; 10 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren;
4 therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
7 his family and friends, the passing of Joseph Wannamaker; and
8 be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Joseph Wannamaker as an expression
11 of our sympathy.