Full Text of SR0551 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Francis Urbaan Ballegeer of East | 4 | | Moline, who passed away on August 2, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Francis Ballegeer was born in Moline to Urbaan | 6 | | and Goldie (Callewaert) Ballegeer on October 31, 1928; he | 7 | | married Marilyn Schwenneker at St. Mary's Catholic Church in | 8 | | East Moline on September 16, 1950; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Francis Ballegeer worked a few years for the East | 10 | | Moline Street Department, at Emil De Donker's Feed Mill in | 11 | | East Moline, and then briefly at a foundry before joining the | 12 | | U.S. Marine Corps for two years; after his service, he and his | 13 | | wife rented a farm near Carbon Cliff for two years; they then | 14 | | bought a farm in Green Rock; that farm and half of the Urbaan | 15 | | Ballegeer farm on Coaltown Road are still owned and farmed by | 16 | | Francis's family; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Francis Ballegeer served four years as road | 18 | | commissioner of Colona Township; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Francis Ballegeer enjoyed motorcycling and water | 20 | | skiing for recreation in his younger years; his favorite | 21 | | recreation was horseback riding, and he participated in many |
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| 1 | | organized trail rides, shoed horses for several years, and | 2 | | enjoyed western movies; in later years, he loved sitting with | 3 | | his wife on the deck overlooking the Ballegeer Pond; after his | 4 | | wife passed, he especially enjoyed the company of his | 5 | | great-grandchildren; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Francis Ballegeer was preceded in death by his | 7 | | parents; his wife, Marilyn; his sister, Catherine Miller; his | 8 | | brothers, Edward, Leonard, and Robert Ballegeer; and his | 9 | | daughter, Sherry McKeag; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Francis Ballegeer is survived by his sons, Larry | 11 | | (Mary Kay) Ballegeer, David (Robbin) Ballegeer, and Steve | 12 | | Ballegeer; his grandchildren, Shannon, Mitch, Megan, Josh, | 13 | | Jake, Joseph, James, Jason, Adam, and Stephanie; his | 14 | | great-grandchildren, Jeremy, Dallas, Desirae, Destiny, Hunter, | 15 | | Emery, Rylie, Judd, Deegan, and William; his | 16 | | step-grandchildren, Brandon and Nick; and his brother, Donald; | 17 | | therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Francis Urbaan Ballegeer and extend our sincere condolences to | 21 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Francis Ballegeer as an expression | 3 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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