Full Text of SR0735 97th 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
our friend and colleague, former Illinois | 4 | | State Senator Robert Walter Mitchler of Oswego; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Mitchler was born on June 4, 1920 in | 6 | | Aurora; he was the son of John L. and Clara (Rub) Mitchler; he | 7 | | married the former Helen Drew on June 16, 1950; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Mitchler attended East Aurora public | 9 | | schools; he graduated from East Aurora High School in 1937 and | 10 | | is a member of the East Aurora High School Hall of Fame; he | 11 | | earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Aurora University in | 12 | | 1953; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, As a young man, Robert Mitchler was employed by | 14 | | the CB&Q Railroad until 1941; in November of that year, he | 15 | | enlisted in the United States Navy, where he conducted | 16 | | amphibious and minesweeping operations until the end of World | 17 | | War II; in 1950, he was recalled to active duty during the | 18 | | Korean War and served as a Chief Petty Officer under Admiral | 19 | | Allen Smith; he was subsequently assigned to the United Nations | 20 | | Military Armistice Command as a stenographer at the Panmunjom | 21 | | armistice talks; he served in the Aurora Navy League Council | 22 | | since 1965; he also served as National Director of the Navy |
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| 1 | | League in 1982 and was elected as the National Director | 2 | | Emeritus in 1993; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Following his stint in the Navy, Robert Mitchler | 4 | | returned to the railroad and began working with the Burlington | 5 | | Northern Railroad; in 1958, he began working in the sales and | 6 | | marketing department of the Northern Illinois Gas Company in | 7 | | Aurora; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Mitchler was politically active in his | 9 | | community throughout his life; in 1964, he was elected to the | 10 | | Illinois State Senate, where he served for 17 years until his | 11 | | retirement in 1981; during his tenure as Senator, he was | 12 | | appointed to serve as Legislative Liaison to the Illinois | 13 | | Department of Veteran Affairs by Governor Jim Thompson; in | 14 | | 1991, he was appointed to the rank of Permanent Captain in the | 15 | | Illinois Naval Militia as a Military and Naval Aide by Governor | 16 | | Jim Edgar; he was reappointed to serve in this capacity in 1999 | 17 | | by Governor George Ryan; he also served as a Precinct | 18 | | Committeeman for 60 years; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Robert Mitchler was a longtime member of the | 20 | | Fourth Street United Methodist Church of Aurora; he was a life | 21 | | member of the Aurora Masonic Lodge No. 254 A.F. & A.M., a 32nd | 22 | | degree life member of the Scottish Rite Order, and the First | 23 | | Ceremonial Master of the Tebala Shrine in Rockford; he served |
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| 1 | | as the Vice-President of the Kendall County Republican Central | 2 | | Committee, the Kendall County Young Republican Organization, | 3 | | the Illinois Republican Veterans League, and the Illinois | 4 | | Police Association; he was a member of the Board of Trustees | 5 | | for Jennings Terrace in Aurora; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Robert Mitchler enjoyed competing in the Annual | 7 | | Mid-America Canoe and Kayak Race on the Fox River for 22 years; | 8 | | and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Robert Mitchler was preceded in death by his | 10 | | parents, John and Clara Mitchler; his sister, Helen Virginia | 11 | | Mitchler; his brother, William G. Mitchler; and his | 12 | | daughter-in-law, Maria Aragon; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Robert Mitchler is survived by his wife, Helen | 14 | | Mitchler; his children, John (Kathy) Mitchler, Kurt (Sharon | 15 | | Buntain) Mitchler, and Heidi (Daniel) Lyjak; his | 16 | | grandchildren, Briana, Scott, Haley, Joseph, Natalie, Olivia, | 17 | | Matthew, Garrick, and Trevor; his sister-in-law, Cecile | 18 | | Mitchler; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 | | his family and friends, the passing of former Illinois State | 22 | | Senator Robert Walter Mitchler; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Robert Mitchler as an expression of | 3 | | our sympathy.
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