Full Text of SR0301 96th General Assembly
SR0301 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Retired Army Command Sergeant Major | 4 |
| Robert G. Wolfe of Glen Carbon, who passed away on May 5, 2009; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, He was born on July 17, 1929, in Granite City; and
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| WHEREAS, He retired from the United States Army after 20 | 8 |
| years of service as a Command Sergeant Major; he was decorated | 9 |
| many time during his career, including the Purple Heart and the | 10 |
| Bronze Star; during his service he did two tours in Vietnam and | 11 |
| a tour in Korea; he also served five years in the United States | 12 |
| Marine Corps; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Marine Corps League, AUSA, | 14 |
| the Collinsville VFW, and St. Cecilia's Catholic Church; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, William | 16 |
| and Faye, nee Snelling, Wolfe; his sister, Betty Minner; his | 17 |
| brother-in-law, Bob Henry; and his grandson, Bobby Powers; and
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| WHEREAS, Retired Army Command Sergeant Major Robert G. | 19 |
| Wolfe is survived by his wife, Josephine, nee Scaglione, Wolfe, | 20 |
| whom he married on December 30, 1960; his daughters, Josephine |
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| Henderson and Geraldine Makler; his sons, Timothy (Rene) | 2 |
| Gallaher and Bobby (Linda) Wolfe; his six grandchildren, Lisa | 3 |
| Powers, Wendy Sinn, Corie Devall, Matt Wolfe, and Keegan and | 4 |
| Kelly Gallaher; his three great-grandchildren, Sean Severson, | 5 |
| and Grant and Macy Devall; his sisters, Bonnie (Roy) Knolkemper | 6 |
| and Shirley Henry; his brother, William (Marie) Wolfe; and his | 7 |
| brother-in-law, Sam Minner; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Retired Army Command | 11 |
| Sergeant Major Robert G. Wolfe; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Robert Wolfe as a symbol of our | 14 |
| sincere sympathy.
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