Bill Text: IL SR1478 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Peter G. Butkovich of Wood River.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-01-28 - Resolution Adopted [SR1478 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1478-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 Peter G. Butkovich of Wood River, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on January 21, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Peter Butkovich was born on April 2, 1921 in Wood | ||||||
| 6 | River; his parents were Joseph J. and Mary Butkovich; he | ||||||
| 7 | married Dorothy "Eloise" Evans on February 7, 1948; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Peter Butkovich proudly served his country during | ||||||
| 9 | World War II from 1939 to 1945 with the United States Coast | ||||||
| 10 | Guard; he was involved in 6 invasions, one of which was D-Day | ||||||
| 11 | at Omaha Beach, Normandy; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Peter Butkovich worked at Standard Oil for 18 | ||||||
| 13 | years and with the Boilermakers St. Louis Local 27 for 20 | ||||||
| 14 | years; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Peter Butkovich and his wife enjoyed attending his | ||||||
| 16 | USS Samuel Chase ship reunions, which were held yearly at | ||||||
| 17 | various places around the United States; he was also a member | ||||||
| 18 | of the Wood River Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Wood River | ||||||
| 19 | Moose; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Peter Butkovich was preceded in death by his | ||||||
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| 1 | parents and his siblings, Mike, John, Thomas, Ben, Paul, Anna, | ||||||
| 2 | Joe, and Matt Butkovich; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Peter Butkovich is survived by his wife of 67 | ||||||
| 4 | years, Eloise Butkovich; his son, James Butkovich; his | ||||||
| 5 | daughter, Nancy (Dave) Ringering; his grandchildren, Derek | ||||||
| 6 | (Kelly) Ringering and Rachel (Michael) Wasserman; his | ||||||
| 7 | great-grandchildren, Andrew and Olivia Wasserman; and his | ||||||
| 8 | brother, Steve Butkovich; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 11 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Peter G. Butkovich; | ||||||
| 12 | and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of Peter Butkovich as an expression of | ||||||
| 15 | our sympathy.
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