Bill Text: IL SR1656 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of William Andrew Gardner, Jr. of Buffalo Grove.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-04 - Resolution Adopted [SR1656 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1656-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 William Andrew Gardner, Jr. of Buffalo | ||||||
| 4 | Grove; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, William Gardner, Jr. was a member of the American | ||||||
| 6 | Legion Merle Guild Post 208 in Arlington Heights and the First | ||||||
| 7 | United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights; he was a member | ||||||
| 8 | of Pipefitters Local Union 597 and an active volunteer at | ||||||
| 9 | Maryville Academy; he also founded 16-inch softball leagues in | ||||||
| 10 | the Northwest suburbs, including the Arlington Greens; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, William Gardner, Jr. served his country as a | ||||||
| 12 | member of the United States Army's 88th Infantry Division | ||||||
| 13 | during the occupation of Europe following World War II; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, William Gardner, Jr. was preceded in death by 2 | ||||||
| 15 | sisters; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, William Gardner, Jr. was the beloved husband of | ||||||
| 17 | the late Marilyn Gardner; the loving father of Dianne (James) | ||||||
| 18 | Renn, John (Gayle) Gardner, Thomas Gardner, and the late Dale | ||||||
| 19 | (Eileen) Gardner; the devoted grandfather of Meghan (Clifford) | ||||||
| 20 | Snatchko, Meredith Gletty, William Andrew Gardner, III, Lauren | ||||||
| 21 | Gletty, and Cash Gardner; and the great-grandfather of John | ||||||
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| 1 | Ross Snatchko; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 4 | family and friends, mourn the passing of William Andrew | ||||||
| 5 | Gardner, Jr.; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the family of William Gardner, Jr. as an | ||||||
| 8 | expression of our sympathy.
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