Bill Text: IL SR1957 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of George Francis Gebhardt of Alton.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR1957 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1957-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 George Francis Gebhardt of Alton, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on May 30, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, George Gebhardt was born in Balta, North Dakota to | ||||||
6 | Francis "Frank" and Caroline (Zacher) Gebhardt on August 23, | ||||||
7 | 1921; he married Mary Margaret Tuohy in California on December | ||||||
8 | 28, 1943; and
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9 | WHEREAS, George Gebhardt retired from the United States Air | ||||||
10 | Force after 24 years of service, where he trained over 400 | ||||||
11 | fighter pilots and flew 22 different planes; after his service, | ||||||
12 | he taught at George Washington University and was the | ||||||
13 | administrator for the master's degree program for the military; | ||||||
14 | and
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15 | WHEREAS, George Gebhardt was a member of St. Mary's | ||||||
16 | Catholic Church in Alton and a former member of Our Lady of | ||||||
17 | Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission, Texas; he was a 4th | ||||||
18 | Degree member of the Knights of Columbus; and
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19 | WHEREAS, George Gebhardt was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
20 | Mary Margaret; his parents; his daughter, Sheila Marie Breault; | ||||||
21 | his sisters, Lillian Bosch and Iris Bailey; and his brother, |
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1 | Allen Gebhardt; and
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2 | WHEREAS, George Gebhardt is survived by his son and | ||||||
3 | daughter-in-law, John and Sandra Lee Gebhardt; his daughter and | ||||||
4 | son-in-law, Carolyn and Steven DeVilliers; his grandchildren, | ||||||
5 | Matthew (Marissa) Griffin, Mary DeVilliers, James DeVilliers, | ||||||
6 | and Danielle DeVilliers, Caroline (Barrett) Wood, Christopher | ||||||
7 | George Gebhardt, Sean Gebhardt, Lea Peyton Gebhardt, Kim | ||||||
8 | (Jacques) Furhmann, and Rev. Gordon "Keith" (Joanna) Breault; | ||||||
9 | and 27 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
12 | George Francis Gebhardt, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
13 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
14 | further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the family of George Gebhardt as an expression of | ||||||
17 | our deepest sympathy.
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