SR1635 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of John J. Roth of Jacksonville, who passed away on April 3, 2018; and

WHEREAS, John Roth was born in Kampsville to John Jacob and Elizabeth Catherine Nordbusch Roth on April 20, 1933 and moved to Jacksonville in 1937; he attended Our Saviour Grade School and graduated from Routt High School in 1951; he graduated from Hardin-Brown Business College in 1953 with a degree in business administration; he joined the U.S. Navy on February 4, 1953 and was assigned to the Destroyer USS Basilone for four years as an electronics technician 2nd class; he married Patricia Ann Craddock on December 26, 1953; he was released from active duty on February 4, 1957 and served four years in the Navy Reserve; he was honorably discharged in 1961; and

WHEREAS, John Roth joined the IBM Corporation in February of 1957 as a customer service representative responsible for maintenance and repair of data-processing computers; he retired in May of 1987; and

WHEREAS, John Roth was a life member of VFW, Jacksonville Post 1379; he served on the Combined Veteran's Ceremonial Team for more than 30 years; he was a member of Church of Our Saviour, where he sang in the choir for several years; he enjoyed hunting, fishing, three-cushion billiards, and stained-glass work; and

WHEREAS, John Roth married Marie Coonen in 2006; and

WHEREAS, John Roth was preceded in death by his wife of 47 years, Patricia; his parents; his sisters, Margaret Mary Caskey, Eunice Helen Keehner, and Leona Josephine Deeder; and his daughter, Lori A. Olendzki; and

WHEREAS, John Roth is survived by his wife, Marie; his sons, J. Thomas (Kathryn), Joseph T. (Diana), and David J. Roth; his son-in-law, Don Olendzki; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and Bill and Lori Coonen and their children and grandchildren; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of John J. Roth, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of John Roth as an expression of our deepest sympathy.