Full Text of SR2413 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 Daniel M. Schmitt of Johnsburg, who | 4 | | passed away on October 22, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Schmitt was born on September 2, 1923 in | 6 | | Johnsburg; his parents were Joseph and Mary Schmitt; he married | 7 | | Betty Ann Hecht on September 15, 1951; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Schmitt attended St. John the Baptist Grade | 9 | | School and McHenry Community High School, where he graduated in | 10 | | 1941; after graduating from high school, he worked as a | 11 | | chemical operator at the Ringwood Chemical Corporation until he | 12 | | was drafted into the United States Army in June of 1943; after | 13 | | completing basic training and before being sent overseas, he | 14 | | studied one semester at the University of Illinois at | 15 | | Chicago-Navy Pier and a second semester at New York University; | 16 | | in 1944, he was deployed as a medic in the European Theater of | 17 | | Operations and served in that capacity until the end of the | 18 | | war; he remained in Germany for almost a year overseeing the | 19 | | operations of a military hospital in Regensburg, Germany; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, After returning to the United States, Daniel | 21 | | Schmitt enrolled at the University of Illinois in | 22 | | Champaign-Urbana, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in |
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| 1 | | Chemical Engineering in February of 1951; during college, he | 2 | | was inducted into the Honorary Chemical Society of Phi Lambda | 3 | | Upsilon; after graduation, he returned to the Ringwood Chemical | 4 | | Corporation and worked as a chemical engineer; in 1958, he | 5 | | achieved one of his life goals by becoming the plant manager of | 6 | | what is now a Morton Chemical Company facility; while serving | 7 | | as plant manager, he introduced and implemented innovative | 8 | | methods in quality assurance and quality improvement; in 1988, | 9 | | he was promoted to a corporate management position, where he | 10 | | could apply his strategies company-wide; he retired in 1992 to | 11 | | pursue more leisurely activities, especially golf; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Schmitt was a very active member of his | 13 | | community; he was a lifelong member of St. John the Baptist | 14 | | Catholic Church, where he served on the Parish Council and as a | 15 | | Lector, a Eucharistic Minister, and an Usher; he was a founding | 16 | | member of the St. John the Baptist Building/Improvement Fund; | 17 | | he was a long-serving member of the Northern Illinois Medical | 18 | | Center Board of Directors and served as treasurer of the | 19 | | Northern Illinois Medical Center Foundation Board, where he was | 20 | | vital to the planning and construction of a new hospital in | 21 | | 1983; he was a Trustee of the McHenry Township Fire Protection | 22 | | District and a member of the McHenry County Manufacturers | 23 | | Association; he was a lifetime member and officer of Veterans | 24 | | of Foreign Wars Post 4600, Johnsburg Veterans of Foreign Wars | 25 | | Post 11496, American Legion Post 491, and the Knights of |
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| 1 | | Columbus Council 1288 of the Bishop Boylan Assembly; he was | 2 | | also a volunteer leader for Boy Scout Troop 162 of McHenry and | 3 | | a volunteer GED teacher at McHenry Community College; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Schmitt was preceded in death by his wife, | 5 | | Betty; his parents; and his brothers, Roman, Paul, and Raymond; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Schmitt is survived by his son, Dr. Gregory | 8 | | S. (Jane L.) Schmitt; his daughter, Nancy Carol Schmitt; his | 9 | | grandchildren, David and Michael; and his brother, Donald; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Daniel M. Schmitt; and | 14 | | be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Daniel Schmitt as an expression of | 17 | | our sympathy.
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