Full Text of SR2271 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 John Frederick Schwegler of Rock Island, | 4 | | who passed away on October 1, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Schwegler was born on August 24, 1931 in Rock | 6 | | Island; his parents were Fred H. Schwegler and Susie A. Forgy | 7 | | Schwegler; he married Nancy Kathryn Knosher on July 3, 1960 in | 8 | | Champaign; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, John Schwegler was a lifelong resident of Rock | 10 | | Island and a 1949 graduate of Rock Island High School; after | 11 | | serving with the United States Army in Korea, he received | 12 | | industrial engineering degrees from the University of Illinois | 13 | | in 1958 and the University of Iowa in 1964; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, After completing a machinist apprenticeship at | 15 | | Farmall Works of International Harvester, John Schwegler | 16 | | worked as a plant equipment designer; he later worked as an | 17 | | industrial engineer at the Rock Island Arsenal; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, John Schwegler was an active member of Two Rivers | 19 | | Church, where he sang in the Sanctuary Choir for 38 years and | 20 | | served in various leadership roles; he was a 60-year member of | 21 | | the Masonic Fraternity and served three terms as Master of Trio |
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| 1 | | Lodge No. 57; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, John Schwegler enjoyed singing, scale-modeling, | 3 | | aviation, and spending time with his family; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, John Schwegler was preceded in death by his | 5 | | parents; his brother, Roy; his sister-in-law, Natalie; his | 6 | | niece, Paula; and his nephew, David; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, John Schwegler is survived by his devoted wife of | 8 | | 56 years, Nancy; his sons, Thomas and William; his sister, | 9 | | Elizabeth; his nephews, Eric (Krista), Neil (Janet), and Brian | 10 | | (Jennifer) Mathis; his sister-in-law, Carol Mathis; his | 11 | | brother-in-law, Earl Knosher; three grandnieces; and four | 12 | | grandnephews; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 15 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of John Frederick | 16 | | Schwegler; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of John Schwegler as an expression of | 19 | | our sympathy.
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