Full Text of HR1458 95th General Assembly
HR1458 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Brinkoetter of Decatur, who passed away on July 1, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Brinkoetter was born on November 6, 1927 in | 6 |
| Decatur; he was the son of Bernard J. and Florence Marie | 7 |
| (Appenzeller) Brinkoetter; he married Jacqueline M. Cook on | 8 |
| June 6, 1949 in Decatur; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Brinkoetter was employed by A.E. Staley | 10 |
| Manufacturing Company from 1949 until 1958; he began selling | 11 |
| real estate in August of 1954; he then formed Tom Brinkoetter & | 12 |
| Co. in April of 1965, owning and operating the business until | 13 |
| his retirement in January of 1993, when his daughter Carla took | 14 |
| over the business; in 1977, he started the Tom Brinkoetter & | 15 |
| Co. Property Management; he was a graduate of the Illinois | 16 |
| Realtors Institute "G.R.I.", a certified Residential Salesman | 17 |
| "C.R.S.", and a certified Residential Broker "C.R.B."; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Brinkoetter was a member of the Decatur | 19 |
| Association of Realtors, the Illinois Association of Realtors, | 20 |
| and the National Association of Realtors; in 1981, he served as | 21 |
| Secretary of the Illinois Association of Realtors; he served on | 22 |
| several committees with the National, Illinois, and Decatur |
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| Association of Realtors; he served as President of the Decatur | 2 |
| Association of Realtors in 1967 and Chairman of the Decatur | 3 |
| Multiple Listing Service in 1966; he also served as Dean of the | 4 |
| Illinois Realtors Institute for three years; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Brinkoetter was named Decatur Realtor of | 6 |
| the Year in 1983 in honor of his work; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Brinkoetter was a member of St. James | 8 |
| Catholic Church for his entire life; he was also a member of | 9 |
| the Metro Chamber of Commerce, the Golden "K" Kiwanis, the | 10 |
| American Legion Post #105, and the Knights of Columbus #577; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Brinkoetter was preceded in death by his | 13 |
| parents; his brother; and one grandchild; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Thomas Brinkoetter is survived by his wife, | 15 |
| Jackie; his children, Carla J. Brinkoetter and her husband, | 16 |
| Terry Smith, Connie J. Ewing and her husband, Kevin, and Thomas | 17 |
| A. Brinkoetter and his wife, Patricia; his grandchildren, Adam | 18 |
| J. Trent, James R. Trent, Alyssa A. Brinkoetter, and Joseph A. | 19 |
| Brinkoetter; his great-grandchild, Emmit Trent; his sisters, | 20 |
| Evelyn F. Lonergan and Dorothy M. Raver and her husband, | 21 |
| Dwight; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Thomas | 4 |
| Brinkoetter; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Thomas Brinkoetter as an expression | 7 |
| of our sympathy.
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