Full Text of SR2093 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 Andrew Jason Bollman of Dixon, who passed | 4 | | away on July 9, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bollman was born on August 25, 1976 in | 6 | | Sterling; his parents were Dale and Diana Bollman; he grew up | 7 | | on the family farm outside of Harmon; he married Rochelle | 8 | | Monteith on June 7, 2006 in Tulum, Mexico; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bollman graduated from Walnut High School | 10 | | in 1994; he played basketball, baseball, and served as Class | 11 | | President; while in high school, he discovered a passion for | 12 | | photography and worked with his father to create a small studio | 13 | | and business on the family farm; he photographed his first | 14 | | wedding at the age of 16; he later attended Sauk Valley | 15 | | Community College, where he took photographs for the student | 16 | | newspaper and served as Student Trustee from 1995 to 1996; he | 17 | | graduated from Augustana College in 1998 with a Bachelor of | 18 | | Arts in English, all the while continuing to photograph for the | 19 | | literary and arts magazine and taking student portraits for the | 20 | | yearbook; he traveled home weekly to photograph weddings and | 21 | | worked in the summers as a photojournalist for the Dixon | 22 | | Telegraph, creatively taking images of everything from | 23 | | toddlers strolling in the park to F3 tornados; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, After graduation, Andrew Bollman opened a | 2 | | photography studio in Sterling, where he captured memories and | 3 | | special moments for many families; after photographing a | 4 | | wedding in India, he viewed the genuine spirit of the people of | 5 | | India despite their poverty and injustices; that experience | 6 | | compelled him to serve his own community in a greater capacity; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bollman helped his father and brother raise | 9 | | corn and soybeans on their heritage farm and maintained his | 10 | | grandparent's farmette, trying his hand at growing sweetcorn | 11 | | and tending alpacas with his wife and son; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bollman attended law school at Northern | 13 | | Illinois University; prior to graduating in 2005, he worked as | 14 | | an intern at the Whiteside County State's Attorney's office and | 15 | | studied international law for a summer in France; after serving | 16 | | as an Assistant State's Attorney in Lee County, he built his | 17 | | own legal practice, partnering with Bruce Keller in 2015 to | 18 | | form Keller and Bollman, where he worked tirelessly to ensure | 19 | | his clients received fair treatment and justice; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bollman recognized the value and quality of | 21 | | his education at Sauk Valley Community College and served on | 22 | | the Sauk Valley Community College Board of Trustees for many |
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| 1 | | years; he also served as Board President and was later | 2 | | appointed President of the Illinois Community College Trustees | 3 | | Association, serving a one-year term in 2015; he also served as | 4 | | President of the Lee County Board of Health and volunteered to | 5 | | install updated technology into Jamaican schools; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bollman was preceded in death by his | 7 | | grandfathers, Fidel Lujan and Wilbur Bollman; his | 8 | | mother-in-law, Jane Monteith; his aunt, Frances Esquibel; his | 9 | | niece, Hannah Ekberg; and his beloved Dalmatian, Jake; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Andrew Bollman is survived by his wife, Rochelle; | 11 | | his son, Asher; his parents, Dale and Diana Bollman; his | 12 | | brother, Anthony (Carmen) Bollman; his sister, Annette (Larry) | 13 | | VanLanduit; his grandmothers, Marian Bollman and Marianita | 14 | | Lujan; his father-in-law, Richard Monteith; his | 15 | | sisters-in-law, Reni (Paul) Whitcombe and Ronda (Dean) Ekberg; | 16 | | his brother-in-law, Ryan (Jaimi) Monteith; his nieces and | 17 | | nephews, Antori (Nicholas) Dirks, Stephanie (William) | 18 | | Friedrich, Leah and Aidan Bollman, Ryan and Aaron Schoaf, Ethan | 19 | | and Austin VanLanduit, Thomas, David, Sara, and Esther | 20 | | Whitcombe, and Isaac and Joshua Ekberg; his great-nieces and | 21 | | great-nephews, Reggie, Natalia, and Elizabeth; and many aunts, | 22 | | uncles, and cousins; therefore, be it
| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 2 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Andrew Jason Bollman; | 3 | | and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Andrew Bollman as an expression of | 6 | | our sympathy.
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