Full Text of SR0233 96th General Assembly
SR0233 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Father Andrew J. Wahmhoff, O.S.B., of | 4 |
| Aurora, who passed away April 10, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Andrew was the second of 12 children born | 6 |
| to Carl Wahmhoff and Mildred (Hessling);
Father Andrew was born | 7 |
| December 19, 1931, and was baptized with the name of John at | 8 |
| St. Margaret Church, Otsego, Michigan; and
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| WHEREAS, He followed his older brother to St. Meinrad Minor | 10 |
| seminary in 1946; he professed vows as a monk of Marmion Abbey | 11 |
| on August 10, 1953, taking the name of Andrew; Father Andrew | 12 |
| was ordained to the priesthood on May 3, 1958; and
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| WHEREAS, The list of jobs that Father Andrew faithfully and | 14 |
| skillfully fulfilled for the abbey and academy communities over | 15 |
| the years is endless; he is best remembered as a Latin master | 16 |
| teacher of State champions for more than 47 years; a dormitory | 17 |
| prefect and commandant of cadets; the "red farmer" of Christmas | 18 |
| trees; bus driver; grass cutter; and player of golf, baseball, | 19 |
| hockey, tennis, hand ball, and any other game that he could | 20 |
| try; but his brother monks best remember him as a man of | 21 |
| prayer, principles, and deep devotion and service to his | 22 |
| Marmion community; and
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| WHEREAS, Father Andrew is survived by the members of his | 2 |
| monastic community, his brothers and sisters and their spouses, | 3 |
| and many nieces; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 |
| his family, friends, and members of his monastic community, the | 7 |
| passing of Father Andrew Wahmhoff; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Father Andrew Wahmhoff as a symbol | 10 |
| of our sincere sympathy.
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