Full Text of SR1026 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 former United States Representative and | 4 | | former Illinois State Representative Gale Schisler of London | 5 | | Mills, who passed away on February 2, 2020; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was born in Indian Point Township, | 7 | | Knox County to Claire D. and Doris A. (Jacobs) Schisler on | 8 | | March 2, 1933; he attended Indian Point School through the | 9 | | eighth grade; he graduated from Abingdon High School in 1951; | 10 | | he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served from 1952 to 1955; | 11 | | he married Carolyn Cochran in November 1957; they had three | 12 | | children and later divorced in 1977; he married Gloria Waller | 13 | | Richter in Springfield on July 26, 1980; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler earned a bachelor of science degree | 15 | | in education from Western Illinois University in 1959; he | 16 | | earned a master's degree from Northeast Missouri State Teachers | 17 | | College (now Truman State University) in Kirksville, Missouri | 18 | | in 1962; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler worked as a teacher and principal in | 20 | | London Mills; he knew all of his students and wanted them all | 21 | | to achieve to the best of their abilities; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was elected to the U.S. Congress in | 2 | | November 1964; he served on the House Committee on Science and | 3 | | Aeronautics as well as the sub-committee on the Manned Space | 4 | | Flight, among others; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Upon his return to Illinois, Rep. Schisler was | 6 | | appointed to head the Office of Intergovernmental Cooperation | 7 | | at the request of then Governor Otto Kerner Jr.; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was elected to the Illinois House of | 9 | | Representatives in 1968 and served for 12 years; he was the | 10 | | chairman of the Agriculture Committee for six years; he also | 11 | | served on a number of other committees, including education, | 12 | | financial institutions, and conservation; he was known for | 13 | | listening to his voters and casting his votes in response to | 14 | | what the Fulton County voters indicated through their letters | 15 | | and phone calls; he was proud to help his constituents; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, When he did not win reelection in 1980, Rep. | 17 | | Schisler became an assistant to the director of the State's | 18 | | Attorneys Appellate Commission; he retired at the end of 1986; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was involved in a number of | 21 | | organizations, including the Former Members of Congress, the | 22 | | NRA, the American Legion, and the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse |
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| 1 | | Breed Association; he was also a 32nd degree Mason and 50-year | 2 | | member of the London Masonic Lodge #808 in Silvis; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was known to be a cowboy at heart; | 4 | | for a few months each year, he took his horses and headed to | 5 | | Glenwood, New Mexico; he also enjoyed hunting, fishing, | 6 | | reading, and taking trips with his wife, Gloria; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was preceded in death by his | 8 | | parents; his daughters, Kimberly Jo Schisler and Jill P. | 9 | | Sherwood; his grandson, Aaron Barnes; and his brother, Roger | 10 | | Schisler; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler is survived by his wife; his son, | 12 | | Kurt Schisler; his stepdaughter, Tamara Richter (Bob - | 13 | | deceased) Burris; his granddaughter, Elicia (Justin) Munson; | 14 | | his grandson, Corey Barnes; his great-grandchildren, Melody | 15 | | Barnes, Samantha, Tyler Munson, Connor Munson, Emma Barnes, and | 16 | | David Barnes; his sisters, Yvonne Lewis, Jody Dolan, Anita | 17 | | (Brian) Hickok, and Jeri Schisler; and his several cousins, | 18 | | nieces, and nephews; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | former United States Representative and former Illinois State | 22 | | Representative Gale Schisler and extend our sincere |
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| 1 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 2 | | him; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Rep. Schisler as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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