Full Text of SR1957 99th General Assembly
SR1957 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of George Francis Gebhardt of Alton, who | 4 | | passed away on May 30, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, George Gebhardt was born in Balta, North Dakota to | 6 | | Francis "Frank" and Caroline (Zacher) Gebhardt on August 23, | 7 | | 1921; he married Mary Margaret Tuohy in California on December | 8 | | 28, 1943; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, George Gebhardt retired from the United States Air | 10 | | Force after 24 years of service, where he trained over 400 | 11 | | fighter pilots and flew 22 different planes; after his service, | 12 | | he taught at George Washington University and was the | 13 | | administrator for the master's degree program for the military; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, George Gebhardt was a member of St. Mary's | 16 | | Catholic Church in Alton and a former member of Our Lady of | 17 | | Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission, Texas; he was a 4th | 18 | | Degree member of the Knights of Columbus; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, George Gebhardt was preceded in death by his wife, | 20 | | Mary Margaret; his parents; his daughter, Sheila Marie Breault; | 21 | | his sisters, Lillian Bosch and Iris Bailey; and his brother, |
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| 1 | | Allen Gebhardt; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, George Gebhardt is survived by his son and | 3 | | daughter-in-law, John and Sandra Lee Gebhardt; his daughter and | 4 | | son-in-law, Carolyn and Steven DeVilliers; his grandchildren, | 5 | | Matthew (Marissa) Griffin, Mary DeVilliers, James DeVilliers, | 6 | | and Danielle DeVilliers, Caroline (Barrett) Wood, Christopher | 7 | | George Gebhardt, Sean Gebhardt, Lea Peyton Gebhardt, Kim | 8 | | (Jacques) Furhmann, and Rev. Gordon "Keith" (Joanna) Breault; | 9 | | and 27 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | George Francis Gebhardt, and extend our sincere condolences to | 13 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of George Gebhardt as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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