Bill Text: IL SR1039 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Harlan E. Johannsen of Morrison.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-10-20 - Resolution Adopted [SR1039 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1039-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 Harlan E. Johannsen of Morrison, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on September 19, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Harlan Johannsen was born on April 18, 1928 in | ||||||
| 6 | Sabula, Iowa; his parents were Otto H. and Anna M. (nee | ||||||
| 7 | Ingwersen) Johannsen; he married Wilma Medendorp on September | ||||||
| 8 | 19, 1964 at Trinity Reformed Church in Fulton; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Harlan Johannsen served in the United States Army | ||||||
| 10 | during the Korean War; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Harlan Johannsen was educated in Miles, Iowa grade | ||||||
| 12 | schools and was a graduate of Miles High School; he began | ||||||
| 13 | farming in the Miles, Iowa area; in 1956, he moved to Morrison, | ||||||
| 14 | where he continued to farm; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Harlan Johannsen was a member of Emmanuel Reformed | ||||||
| 16 | Church in Morrison and the Whiteside County Farm Bureau; he was | ||||||
| 17 | a life member of over 60 continuous years of the Morrison | ||||||
| 18 | American Legion Post #328, where he served as commander and as | ||||||
| 19 | the Whiteside County Commander for the American Legion; while | ||||||
| 20 | at the American Legion, he also served on the firing squad, | ||||||
| 21 | marched in parades for Memorial Day and Veterans Day, and | ||||||
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| 1 | placed flags on veterans' gravesites on Veterans Day in several | ||||||
| 2 | Whiteside County cemeteries; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Harlan Johannsen was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 4 | parents and his sister, Rojean Duben; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Harlan Johannsen is survived by his wife, Wilma; | ||||||
| 6 | his son, Keith (Amy) Johannsen; his grandsons, Kelby and Avery | ||||||
| 7 | Johannsen; and his sister, Donna Loomis; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 10 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Harlan E. Johannsen; | ||||||
| 11 | and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Harlan Johannsen as an expression of | ||||||
| 14 | our sympathy.
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