Full Text of SR1309 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 Lovella Mary "Val" Sendelweck | 4 | | Ruckriegel, who passed away on November 22, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lovella Ruckriegel was born to Walter Johann and | 6 | | Emily Margaret (Buchta) Sendelweck in Boone Township, Jasper, | 7 | | Indiana on August 17, 1935; she attended the Portersville | 8 | | four-room schoolhouse before graduating from Jasper High | 9 | | School in 1953; she married Robert Lee Clinton "Bob" | 10 | | Ruckriegel in St. Paul's Lutheran Church on September 13, | 11 | | 1956; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lovella Ruckriegel worked in the offices of | 13 | | Jasper Wood Products after graduating high school; she and her | 14 | | husband opened the 24-hour eatery Jerry's Restaurant in 1964 | 15 | | while she continued to work for Jasper Wood Products; after | 16 | | starting a restaurant company with their friend and business | 17 | | partner, Dave Buehler, she left Jasper Wood Productions to | 18 | | focus full time on the growing company in 1969; she led an | 19 | | office team that originally did the company's payroll and | 20 | | accounting in the basement of her house until the new | 21 | | corporate office building, Der Buro Komplex, was built in | 22 | | 1976; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Lovella Ruckriegel and her husband's operating | 2 | | company eventually became known as BR Associates; their | 3 | | business grew to include hospitality units in six states, | 4 | | including Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois, New York, and | 5 | | Florida; their company was recognized by the hospitality | 6 | | industry as the sixth largest multi-concept private restaurant | 7 | | group in the nation in 1986; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Lovella Ruckriegel's sons followed in her and her | 9 | | husband's footsteps by starting their own restaurant company;
| 10 | | while celebrating 50 years in the restaurant industry, the | 11 | | family combined both companies to form SERVUS in 2014; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lovella Ruckriegel worked alongside her husband | 13 | | on many side businesses or development investments; she was | 14 | | involved in each project, from taking care of the books to | 15 | | working on designing, decorating, or viability; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Lovella Ruckriegel donated her time to various | 17 | | organizations in the community, including St. Paul's Lutheran | 18 | | Church, Redeemer Lutheran Church, the Redeemer Women's Club, | 19 | | the Fifth Street P.T.O., and, most recently, her homeowners' | 20 | | association; proud of her bookkeeping skills, she often served | 21 | | in the role of treasurer or accountant; she also helped start | 22 | | the Northwood Good Samaritan Retirement Community, where she | 23 | | readied its opening by helping place the furniture and putting |
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| 1 | | on the first bed linens in 1966; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Lovella Ruckriegel was recognized as a | 3 | | Distinguished Alumnus of Jasper High School; she gifted a | 4 | | 15-foot clock to the City of Jasper's restored train station | 5 | | in her and her husband's names; she considered her highest | 6 | | honor to be receiving the key to the City of Jasper; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Lovella Ruckriegel was preceded in death by her | 8 | | husband, Robert "Bob" Ruckriegel, and her brother, Clarence | 9 | | (Janice) Sendelweck; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Lovella Ruckriegel is survived by her sons, Al | 11 | | (David Adams) Ruckriegel and Sid (Andrew Rand) Ruckriegel, and | 12 | | her sister, Ioma (Edward) Wening; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 15 | | Lovella Mary "Val" Sendelweck Ruckriegel and extend our | 16 | | sincere
condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 17 | | and loved
her; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 19 | | presented to the family of Lovella Ruckriegel as an expression | 20 | | of
our deepest sympathy.
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