Full Text of SR0152 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 Warren Carl Behr of Lindenhurst, who | 4 | | passed away on February 1, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Warren Behr was born in Oak Park on February 6, | 6 | | 1921; he spent his early childhood in Cleveland; his family | 7 | | later moved to Chicago; he graduated from Lane Technical High | 8 | | School in 1939 and attended Wright Junior College in Chicago, | 9 | | before entering the United States Army; he served in the | 10 | | Artillery during World War II; upon returning home, married | 11 | | Ruth Helen Collins; they moved to Champaign, where he earned a | 12 | | bachelor degree and later a juris doctor degree; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Warren Behr moved to Waukegan with his family, | 14 | | where he was a title officer with Chicago Title and Trust; | 15 | | later, he was appointed Assistant State's Attorney in Lake | 16 | | County; he also served as Waukegan Town Clerk and Waukegan | 17 | | Township Supervisor; he practiced law in private practice until | 18 | | 1993, when he and his wife moved to San Benito, Texas; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Warren Behr and his wife returned to Lake County | 20 | | in 2002 and moved to the Victory Lakes Retirement Community in | 21 | | Lindenhurst, where he was very active in many activities and | 22 | | especially enjoyed singing with the Vocalaires group; he was a |
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| 1 | | longstanding 4th degree member of the Knights of Columbus and | 2 | | served as Grand Knight; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Warren Behr was preceded in death by his wife, | 4 | | Ruth; his son, Theodore; and his daughter, Teresa; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Warren Behr is survived by his children, William | 6 | | Behr, Robert Behr, Elizabeth Tilden, Richard Behr, George Behr, | 7 | | James Behr, and Margaret Sheets; he was grandfather to Mary | 8 | | (Behr) Orozco, Laura (Behr) Jarosz, Anne Marie (Behr) Berman, | 9 | | Christopher Behr, Matthew Tilden, Emily (Tilden) Tiwana, | 10 | | Michael W. Tilden, Brandon Behr, Whitney Behr, Riley Sheets, | 11 | | Courteney Sheets, and Veronica Faber; his great-grandchildren | 12 | | are Isabel Dassow, Benjamin Orozco, Charlie Orozco, Joshua | 13 | | Tilden, Kieran Tilden, Humza Tiwana, Zahra Tiwana, and Cecilia | 14 | | Tilden; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Warren Carl Behr, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 18 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 19 | | further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Warren Behr as an expression of our | 22 | | deepest sympathy.
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