Bill Text: IL SR0803 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of James E. "Jim" Plocher of Highland.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR0803 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0803-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of James E. "Jim" Plocher of Highland, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on April 18, 2010; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, James Plocher was born on October 1, 1948 in | ||||||
| 6 | Highland;
Mr. Plocher was a graduate of St. Paul High School in | ||||||
| 7 | Highland and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where | ||||||
| 8 | he worked on a Dairy Test Farm and as "Sandwich Man"; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, After graduating, he helped on the Dairy Farm of | ||||||
| 10 | Clarence and Ruth Korte for a short time; he was then employed | ||||||
| 11 | by the U of I Extension Service in Kankakee County for four | ||||||
| 12 | years as assistant farm advisor; he then worked as an agent for | ||||||
| 13 | Country Companies from 1975 to 1987; he was hired by Mariah | ||||||
| 14 | Boats in Benton, and worked there from 1987 to 1998; he | ||||||
| 15 | returned to Highland in January 1998 and was a financial | ||||||
| 16 | representative for Northwestern Mutual Financial Network until | ||||||
| 17 | his passing; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS,
He was a fourth degree member of Highland Council | ||||||
| 19 | 1580 Knights of Columbus, serving as grand knight from 2003 to | ||||||
| 20 | 2005; Highland Rotary Club member; St. Paul Educational | ||||||
| 21 | Foundation board member; Highland Area Community Foundation | ||||||
| 22 | board member; and an AALU (Association of Advanced Life | ||||||
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| 1 | Underwriters) NAIFA (National Association of Insurance | ||||||
| 2 | Financial Advisors) member; he was a lector at St. Paul Church; | ||||||
| 3 | and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, He enjoyed golf, Cardinals ballgames, gardening, | ||||||
| 5 | Harley riding, boating, playing bridge, and spending time with | ||||||
| 6 | his family and friends; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, James Plocher is survived by his wife, Kaye, nee | ||||||
| 8 | Nagel, Plocher, whom he married on August 24, 1968, at St. Paul | ||||||
| 9 | Church in Highland; his children, Jennifer K. (Tim) Whitten, | ||||||
| 10 | Matthew James (Justine) Plocher, and Edwin Joseph Plocher; his | ||||||
| 11 | grandchildren, Samantha Grace and Lukas James Whitten and | ||||||
| 12 | Claudia and Matthew James Plocher II; his parents, Edwin A. and | ||||||
| 13 | Ann W., nee Korte, Plocher; his brothers, Gene (Jane) Plocher, | ||||||
| 14 | Chuck (Yvonne) Plocher, David (Mary) Plocher, Bob (Mitzi) | ||||||
| 15 | Plocher, and Mark (Laurie) Plocher; his sisters, Pat (John) | ||||||
| 16 | Hoffman, Marilyn (Tommie) Newman, and Carol (Mike) Henschen; | ||||||
| 17 | his mother-in-law, Ruth Nagel; his sisters-in-law, Joyce (Ron) | ||||||
| 18 | Tebbe and Lynn (Dr. James) Rehberger; and his many uncles, | ||||||
| 19 | aunts, nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 21 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 22 | his family and friends, the passing of James Plocher; and be it | ||||||
| 23 | further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of James Plocher as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 3 | sincere sympathy.
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