Full Text of SR0244 98th 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 H. VanGeem of Gurnee, formerly of | 4 | | Waukegan, who passed away on April 11, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John VanGeem was born on November 15, 1922, in | 6 | | Evanston, and was an area resident for many years; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, John VanGeem was a veteran of World War II, | 8 | | serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces as a gunner on a B-24 in the | 9 | | South Pacific; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, John VanGeem worked as a painter decorator for his | 11 | | entire life in the family business, which was started in 1881; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, John VanGeem was a member of Trinity United | 14 | | Lutheran Church in Waukegan, AMVETS, the Waukegan YMCA, and the | 15 | | Swedish Glee Club; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, John VanGeem was preceded in death by his wife, | 17 | | Shirley; his parents, John and Lillian VanGeem; and his | 18 | | sisters, Jeanette, Helen, Ruth, and Lillian; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, John VanGeem is survived by his children, Curtis |
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| 1 | | VanGeem, John VanGeem, and Lisa (Ken) Ruley; his | 2 | | daughter-in-law, Barb Joynson; his grandchildren, Katie | 3 | | VanGeem, John VanGeem, Mitchell Ruley, and Ross Ruley; and his | 4 | | many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 | | his family and friends, the passing of John H. VanGeem; and be | 8 | | it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of John VanGeem as an expression of our | 11 | | sympathy.
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