Full Text of SR0377 103rd 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 James Henry "Jim" Goebbert of Huntley, | 4 | | who passed away on June 17, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jim Goebbert was born to George and Ernestine | 6 | | Goebbert on May 28, 1929; he was baptized at St. John Lutheran | 7 | | Church on June 8, 1929; he graduated from Arlington Heights | 8 | | High School; he served in the U.S. Marines from 1951 to 1953; | 9 | | he married Esther Von Bergen at St. Luke Lutheran Church in | 10 | | Itasca on November 17, 1956; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Jim Goebbert tended to his family's farm from an | 12 | | early age; in 1972, he bought his own 40-acre farm in South | 13 | | Barrington and moved his family there; he owned and operated | 14 | | Goebbert's Farm and Garden Center in South Barrington and | 15 | | Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch in Pingree Grove; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Jim Goebbert served on the Cook County Extension | 17 | | Council for six years; he was elected to the Cook County Farm | 18 | | Bureau in 1974 and served in various roles until 2006; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jim Goebbert was a loving husband, father, | 20 | | grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jim Goebbert was preceded in death by his parents | 2 | | and his brother-in-law, Eugene Lichthardt; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Jim Goebbert is survived by his wife; his | 4 | | children, Luanne (Curtis) Smith, Lee (Diane) Goebbert, and | 5 | | Lloyd (Terry) Goebbert; his grandchildren, Kelly (Ross) | 6 | | Conner, Ben (Jen) Goebbert, Jessica (Simon) Crass, Jacob | 7 | | (Heather) Goebbert, James (Brittany) Goebbert, John (Luis) | 8 | | Smith, and Ryan (Kaleigh) Smith; 11 great-grandchildren; and | 9 | | his sister, Lilah Lichthardt; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 12 | | James Henry "Jim" Goebbert and extend our sincere
condolences | 13 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be | 14 | | it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 16 | | presented to the family of Jim Goebbert as an expression of
our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
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