Bill Text: IL HR0747 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Gale Schisler.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-02-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0747 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HR0747-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Representative Gale Schisler of London Mills, who passed away
on February 2, 2020; and
WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was born to Claire D. and Doris A.
(Jacobs) Schisler in Indian Point Township in Knox County on
March 2, 1933; he attended Indian Point School, a one-room
school house, through eighth grade and later graduated from
Abingdon High School in 1951; he married Carolyn Cochran in
November 1957, and together, they had three children; after the
couple divorced in 1977, Rep. Schisler married Gloria Waller
Richter in Springfield on July 26, 1980; and
WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler served in the Air Force for four
years; after, he earned degrees from Western Illinois
University and Northeast Missouri State Teachers College; he
went on to teach, coach, and serve as a principal at London
Mills Junior High School, where he was well liked by all his
students; and
WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was a democrat who was elected to
the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964; he served one term
representing the people of the Quad Cities and Galesburg areas;

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while in office, he served on the Science and Aeronautics
committee and the sub-committee on Manned Space Flight; and
WHEREAS, After serving in the U.S. House and returning to
Illinois, Governor Otto Kerner asked Rep. Schisler to head the
Office of Intergovernmental Cooperation; and
WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was elected to the Illinois General
Assembly and served from 1968 through 1980; he was chairman of
the Agriculture committee, as well as serving on the Education,
Financial Institutions, and Conservation committees; in 1980,
he became an assistant to the director of the State's Attorneys
Appellate Commission and retired in 1986; and
WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler belonged to the Former Members of
Congress, the NRA, and the American Legion; he was a 32nd
degree Mason, a 50-year member of the London Masonic Lodge #808
in Silvis, and a member of the Missouri Fox Trotter Horse Breed
Association; and
WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler enjoyed spending time in Glenwood,
New Mexico where he loved to ride his horses through the
mountains; he also loved to hunt, fish, and read; and
WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler was preceded in death by his
parents; Claire D. and Doris A. (Jacobs) Schisler; his

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daughters, Kimberly Jo Schisler and Jill P. Sherwood; one
grandson, Aaron Barnes; and his brother, Roger Schisler; and
WHEREAS, Rep. Schisler is survived by his wife, Gloria; his
son, Kurt Schisler; his stepdaughter, Tamara Richter Burris;
his granddaughter, Elicia (Justin) Munson; his grandson, Corey
Barnes; his great-grandchildren, Melody Barnes, Samantha,
Tyler and Connor Munson, and Emma and David Barnes; his
sisters, Yvonne Lewis, Jody Dolan, Anita (Brian) Hickok, and
Jeri Schisler; and several cousins, nieces and nephews;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we mourn the passing of Representative Gale Schisler and extend
our sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and all who
knew and loved him; and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
presented to the family of Rep. Schisler as a symbol of our
deepest sympathy.