Bill Text: IL SR0839 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of James Francis Kammer.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-25 - Resolution Adopted [SR0839 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0839-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 Francis "Jim" Kammer, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on May 31, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, James Kammer was born in Freeport to Eliza J. | ||||||
| 6 | (Schauer) and Ernest Kammer on December 19, 1943; he attended | ||||||
| 7 | Freeport schools and his favorite and most influential | ||||||
| 8 | experience while growing up was working with his father on the | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois Central Railroad; he entered Northwestern University | ||||||
| 10 | in 1961; he attended medical school at the University of | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois, where he met his wife, Barbara, graduating in 1969; | ||||||
| 12 | and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, James Kammer performed his residency in | ||||||
| 14 | ophthalmology with the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, | ||||||
| 15 | finishing in 1973; he received a Master of Business Arts and a | ||||||
| 16 | Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois, where he was | ||||||
| 17 | inducted into Phi Kappa Phi; he practiced in Florida and then | ||||||
| 18 | Decatur; he served as an examiner for the American Board of | ||||||
| 19 | Ophthalmology; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, James Kammer had a love of politics and was a | ||||||
| 21 | delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention; he also | ||||||
| 22 | had a love of history and enjoyed gaining new insights into | ||||||
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| 1 | historical perspectives of the Old Testament at the Urbana | ||||||
| 2 | Theological Seminary; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, James Kammer was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
| 4 | and an infant brother; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, James Kammer is survived by his wife, Barbara; his | ||||||
| 6 | sons, Christopher and Nicholas; and his brothers, William and | ||||||
| 7 | Richard; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 10 | James Francis "Jim" Kammer, and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 11 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
| 12 | it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of James Kammer as an expression of our | ||||||
| 15 | deepest sympathy.
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