Bill Text: IL HR1330 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of John Schmidt of Antioch.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [HR1330 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1330-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
John | ||||||
| 4 | Schmidt of Antioch, who passed away on May 30, 2010; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, John Schmidt was born on June 29, 1922, in Munich, | ||||||
| 6 | Germany; he immigrated to the U.S. with his parents, John and | ||||||
| 7 | Magdalena Schmidt, in 1923 and settled in Waukegan; he grew up | ||||||
| 8 | in Waukegan during its heyday and met his future wife, Irene, | ||||||
| 9 | in the German Club at Waukegan Township High School; he and his | ||||||
| 10 | wife later resided in Waukegan for over 50 years before moving | ||||||
| 11 | to Antioch in 1995 with their 4 dogs; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, John Schmidt served his country with pride and | ||||||
| 13 | distinction as a member of the United States Army during World | ||||||
| 14 | War II; he served as a combat engineer with the 3rd Armored | ||||||
| 15 | Division, where he fought in most of the major campaigns in the | ||||||
| 16 | European theatre; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, John Schmidt trained as a machinist at U.S. Steel; | ||||||
| 18 | after World War II, he took a job at Northwestern University in | ||||||
| 19 | 1946; he retired from NU's Technological Institute after 42 | ||||||
| 20 | years of running the Civil Engineering Lab, where he assisted | ||||||
| 21 | and mentored engineering grad students and specialized in model | ||||||
| 22 | making, stress analysis, and high speed photography; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, John Schmidt loved spending time with his family | ||||||
| 2 | and the "old gang" from Northwestern University, reading | ||||||
| 3 | mystery novels, and working in his machine shop on many special | ||||||
| 4 | projects; he was well known for his ability to fix, redesign, | ||||||
| 5 | or refashion anything; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, John Schmidt was preceded in death by his loving | ||||||
| 7 | wife of 63 years, Irene; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, John Schmidt is survived by his children; Robert | ||||||
| 9 | (Suzi) Schmidt, Carol (Norman) Koshkarian, and Paula (Michael) | ||||||
| 10 | Bessler; his grandchildren, Mark Schmidt and Dawn (Brian) | ||||||
| 11 | Holcomb; and his great-grandson, Carson Holcomb; therefore, be | ||||||
| 12 | it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 15 | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of John | ||||||
| 16 | Schmidt; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of John Schmidt as an expression of our | ||||||
| 19 | sympathy.
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