Bill Text: IL SR0448 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Merriam "Lee" Gustafson of Moline.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-26 - Resolution Adopted [SR0448 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0448-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Merriam "Lee" Gustafson of Moline, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on August 22, 2023; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Lee Gustafson was born to Clarence Bernhard and | ||||||
| 6 | Mabel Ann (Hanson) Gustafson in Minneapolis, Minnesota on | ||||||
| 7 | January 16, 1927; he graduated from Dawson High School and the | ||||||
| 8 | University of Minnesota, receiving a degree in agricultural | ||||||
| 9 | engineering; he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II | ||||||
| 10 | from 1945 to 1946; he married Inez Kathleen Reiff in | ||||||
| 11 | Minneapolis on December 1, 1951; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Lee Gustafson worked as an engineer at John | ||||||
| 13 | Deere; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Lee Gustafson was involved in Christian | ||||||
| 15 | education, and he was an avid participant in the Full Gospel | ||||||
| 16 | Business Men's Fellowship and a member of Toastmasters and the | ||||||
| 17 | Christian Service Brigade; he enjoyed photography as a hobby, | ||||||
| 18 | and he loved traveling and researching his Swedish genealogy; | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Lee Gustafson was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 21 | parents; his daughter, Sandra Ellen Gustafson; his brother, | ||||||
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| 1 | David; and his sister-in-law, Harriett; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Lee Gustafson is survived by his wife of 71 | ||||||
| 3 | years, Inez; his children, Sheryl (Dorman) Martin Brampton, | ||||||
| 4 | Steven (Marites) Gustafson, Alan (Jana) Gustafson, Kathleen | ||||||
| 5 | Gauwitz, and Gregory (Sheila) Gustafson; eight grandchildren; | ||||||
| 6 | eight great-grandchildren; and his brother, Roger (Bonnie) | ||||||
| 7 | Gustafson; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 10 | Merriam "Lee" Gustafson and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 11 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 12 | further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of Lee Gustafson as an expression of | ||||||
| 15 | our deepest sympathy.
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