Bill Text: IL SR2119 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Robert E. "Bob" Reiher of Carlinville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR2119 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2119-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 Robert E. "Bob" Reiher of Carlinville, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on July 30, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Robert Reiher was born on June 22, 1967 in | ||||||
6 | Carlinville; his parents were Veryl and Linda Reiher; he | ||||||
7 | married Lori Yowell on July 12, 1991 at St. Joseph's Church in | ||||||
8 | Carlinville; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Robert Reiher graduated from Carlinville High | ||||||
10 | School in 1985; he earned a degree in Aeronautical Engineering | ||||||
11 | from the University of Illinois in 1989 and a Master's Degree | ||||||
12 | in Space Sciences from the University of Houston in 1992; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Robert Reiher's proudest achievement in his | ||||||
14 | professional life was working for McDonnell Douglas and NASA at | ||||||
15 | the Johnson Space Center, teaming with other rocket scientists | ||||||
16 | to design the International Space Station; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Robert Reiher was a member of Ss. Mary and Joseph | ||||||
18 | Church, where he was a founding member and President of the St. | ||||||
19 | Vincent de Paul Society; he also joined his wife on the | ||||||
20 | Carlinville High School All-School Musical team, where he built | ||||||
21 | sets, managed backstage, and told goofy jokes to hundreds of |
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1 | CHS students; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Robert Reiher was preceded in death by his | ||||||
3 | grandparents, Truman and Fern Reiher and Victor and Mae | ||||||
4 | Rosentreter; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Robert Reiher is survived by his wife, Lori; his | ||||||
6 | daughter, Madeline Marie; his son, Jack Truman; his sisters | ||||||
7 | Annette (Farley) Cole, Susi (Stuart) Twitchell, Melissa (Andy) | ||||||
8 | Bland, and Tanya (Nawar) Alchaar; and many nieces and nephews; | ||||||
9 | 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, along with his | ||||||
12 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Robert E. "Bob" | ||||||
13 | Reiher; and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to the family of Robert Reiher as an expression of | ||||||
16 | our sympathy.
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