SR0855 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of John VonBergen of Alton, who passed away on August 24, 2008; and

WHEREAS, He was born July 21, 1928, in rural Alton, where he remained all his life; he was the son of Oscar and Ruth (Cousins) VonBergen; he married Margie Higgins on November 24, 1949, at College Avenue Presbyterian Church in Alton and they were married 54 years; and

WHEREAS, He worked for Illinois Bell Telephone Company for 30 years, retiring in 1976; he then began a new career developing land and building custom homes with his wife throughout the metro area for 22 years; and

WHEREAS, He enjoyed volunteering for the Alton Band and Orchestra Builders and later served as president; he was one of the founding trustees for both the Fosterburg Water District and the Fosterburg Fire Protection District; he was involved with the Madison County and Illinois Homebuilders Association, holding many different offices in those organizations; he was recently elected senior life director to the National Association of Homebuilders in Washington D.C.; he was a member of the Alton Eagles and the Telephone Pioneers; and he was currently serving on the Alton Bell Credit Union Board of Directors; and

WHEREAS, John VonBergen was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and Ruth VonBergen; by his wife, Margie; and by two sisters, Lois (VonBergen) Sterling and Alvina (VonBergen) O'Boyle; and

WHEREAS, He is survived by two daughters and their spouses, Barb and John Jones and Ruth and John Phegley; his grandchildren, Aaron Jones, Emily Jones Helling and her husband, Corey, and Alec and Eric Phegley; and his two brothers, Harold VonBergen and Ralph VonBergen; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of John VonBergen; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of John VonBergen as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.