Full Text of SR1708 99th 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 Donald Lee Zimmerman, who passed away on | 4 | | March 22, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Zimmerman was born in Mason City on August | 6 | | 20, 1929; he graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University and | 7 | | earned his master's degree in music education from the | 8 | | University of Illinois; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Donald Zimmerman spent most of his career teaching | 10 | | music in Knoxville and Rockford; he also was an orchestra | 11 | | teacher at West High School and Guilford High School; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Donald Zimmerman was active in the Rockford music | 13 | | scene, playing trombone in jazz bands; he was the founder of | 14 | | the Rockford Chamber Orchestra and the Rockford Area Youth | 15 | | Symphony Orchestra (RAYSO); a joy of his life was spending | 16 | | summers with his family teaching music at the Amherst Summer | 17 | | Music Camp in Maine; after retiring from teaching, his passion | 18 | | turned to home building, designing some of the most creative | 19 | | homes in the Rockford area; he and his wife spent many winters | 20 | | at the Vineyards in Naples, Florida, where he enjoyed golf and | 21 | | made many wonderful friends; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Donald Zimmerman was co-founder of The Golden | 2 | | Apple Award, given to recognize excellence in teaching; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Donald Zimmerman was a member of the University | 4 | | Club, the Rockford Country Club, and the Rotary Club (Cherry | 5 | | Valley), where he received a Service Above Self award; he was | 6 | | incredibly proud of his family and was always planning the next | 7 | | "Zimmfest" to bring the family together in many great places, | 8 | | including Green Lake, Colorado, Florida, and Jamaica; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Donald Zimmerman was preceded in death by his | 10 | | sons, David and Steven; his parents; and a brother and sister; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Donald Zimmerman is survived by his wife of 65 | 13 | | years, Betty; his children, Douglas (Joyce) and Brad (Julia); | 14 | | his daughters-in-law, Arlene (Manuel) and Martha; his | 15 | | grandchildren, Carrie Nicholas (Jeremy), Nicholas Zimmerman | 16 | | (Suzanne), Keegan Zimmerman, Ashley Schwabero (Matt), Tyler | 17 | | Zimmerman (Kelly), Colin Zimmerman, Rachael Zimmerman, Preston | 18 | | Zimmerman, David Zimmerman, Allison Zimmerman, and Lindsey | 19 | | Zimmerman; and his great-grandchildren, Kason, Wyatt, Everett, | 20 | | Gwendolyn, Kaia, Caroline, Aubrey, and Wesson; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Donald Lee Zimmerman, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 2 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Donald Zimmerman as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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