Full Text of SR0542 101st 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 Arnold W. "Arnie" Schlegel of Waukegan; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Arnie Schlegel was born in Racine, Wisconsin to | 6 | | Lorenz and Meta (Strey) on November 2, 1924; he was baptized | 7 | | and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church and graduated from | 8 | | Horlick High School in Racine in
1942; he served his country in | 9 | | the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 as Staff Sergeant, Company K, | 10 | | 71st Infantry, 44th Division; he received a
Combat Infantry | 11 | | Badge and a European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal with | 12 | | one Bronze Star; he married Verna Kump at St. Paul's Lutheran | 13 | | Church in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin in 1951; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Arnie Schlegel received his Master of Science from | 15 | | the University of
Wisconsin; he taught business education | 16 | | studies and economics for two years in Brooklyn, Wisconsin and | 17 | | in
Lafayette, Indiana; he then served as an educator at | 18 | | Waukegan High School from 1959 to 1992, where he co-created the | 19 | | computer programing curriculum; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Arnie Schlegel enjoyed traveling through Europe; | 21 | | he played the West Campus
organ for the travelogue pictures for | 22 | | 25 years and was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, where he |
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| 1 | | served as Sunday school teacher, stewardship
chairman, | 2 | | treasurer, and choir member; he rebuilt an old church organ, | 3 | | grew flowers from seeds, and constructed a rock garden and pond | 4 | | for the yard; he
collected replicas of ships, music boxes, and | 5 | | steins; he loved music and could play many instruments in his
| 6 | | early years; he entertained others with German folk songs and | 7 | | puns; he was a devoted husband, father,
and grandfather; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Arnie Schlegel was preceded in death by his | 9 | | parents and his sons-in-law, Richard Neil and Lawrence
Tessmer; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Arnie Schlegel is survived by his wife of 68 | 12 | | years, Verna; his daughters, Kimberly and Laurie; his | 13 | | grandsons, Richard, William
(Kelly), and Gregory (Brandy); his | 14 | | step-great-grandson, Johnaton, and one on the way; and his | 15 | | sister-in-law, Carrie
Viola (Bill); therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Arnold W. "Arnie" Schlegel and extend our sincere condolences | 19 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 20 | | it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Arnie Schlegel as an expression of |
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| 1 | | our deepest sympathy.
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