Bill Text: IL HR0845 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of George L. Sodemann of Champaign.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0845 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0845-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of George L. | ||||||
| 4 | Sodemann of Champaign, who passed away on February 19, 2012; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, He was born on December 7, 1926, in Clinton, Iowa, | ||||||
| 7 | the only son of Hugo Sodemann and Elsie Schroeder Sodemann; he | ||||||
| 8 | married Marjorie Edwards Graef on April 1, 1949; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, He graduated from Lyons High School in Clinton, | ||||||
| 10 | Iowa, in 1944, followed by a 16-month tour of duty with the | ||||||
| 11 | United States Navy; he graduated from the University of Iowa | ||||||
| 12 | College of Engineering in 1950; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, In 1955, he established the civil engineering firm | ||||||
| 14 | of Sodemann and Associates, Inc., serving as president until he | ||||||
| 15 | sold it to his son Steven in 2008; he was a Registered | ||||||
| 16 | Professional Engineer in the states of California, Florida, | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois, and South Carolina; he was an honorary member and | ||||||
| 18 | former president of the Illinois Society of Professional | ||||||
| 19 | Engineers, former president of the Consulting Engineers | ||||||
| 20 | Council of Illinois, former board member of the American | ||||||
| 21 | Consulting Engineers Council, and a member of NSPE, ASCE, APWA, | ||||||
| 22 | AWWA, and the Water Pollution Control Federation; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, In addition to his professional activities, his | ||||||
| 2 | community service included time serving on the Board of | ||||||
| 3 | Directors of the McKinley YMCA, Mercy Hospital, Provena | ||||||
| 4 | Covenant Medical Center, Covenant Medical Center Foundation | ||||||
| 5 | (past chairman), and Covenant Medical Center Hospital Planning | ||||||
| 6 | Committee; he was a member of the Board of Directors of the | ||||||
| 7 | United Way of Champaign County, including serving as the | ||||||
| 8 | president of the board in 1987 and the campaign chairman in | ||||||
| 9 | 1985; he served as the board chairman for the United Way of | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois in 1997 and 1998; he was Parkland Community College | ||||||
| 11 | Foundation Fund Drive co-chair in 2000-2001; he and his wife, | ||||||
| 12 | Marge, were named the Champaign Chamber of Commerce 2010 | ||||||
| 13 | Citizens of the Year; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, George Sodemann is survived by his wife, Marjorie; | ||||||
| 16 | his children, Pamela Sodemann, Steven (Lauren) Sodemann, Nancy | ||||||
| 17 | (Lynn) Standish, and Scott (Lonna) Sodemann;
his | ||||||
| 18 | grandchildren, Terri Pones, Kara (Chris) Olsen, Erica Tyler, | ||||||
| 19 | Kirsten (Ben) Zumbahlen, Drew (Brittany) Tyler, Todd (Sandi) | ||||||
| 20 | Standish, and Gina Sodemann and Luke Sodemann; his | ||||||
| 21 | great-grandchildren, Alyssa Cole and Logan Pones, Kaelan | ||||||
| 22 | Olsen, Ryan Olsen, and Tyler Olsen, Paige Fair, Logan | ||||||
| 23 | Zumbahlen, Taylor Standish, Zack Standish, and Sofia Standish; | ||||||
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| 1 | therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
| 5 | George Sodemann; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the family of George Sodemann as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 8 | sincere sympathy.
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