Bill Text: IL SR2392 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ferdinand "Ferd" H. Raffel, Jr. of Woodstock.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR2392 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2392-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 Ferdinand "Ferd" H. Raffel, Jr. of | ||||||
4 | Woodstock, who passed away on October 19, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Ferdinand Raffel, Jr. was born on January 1, 1932 | ||||||
6 | in Woodstock; his parents were Ferdinand and Martha Raffel; he | ||||||
7 | married Carol Stecker on December 13, 1953 at the First United | ||||||
8 | Methodist Church in Woodstock; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Ferdinand Raffel, Jr. served in the United States | ||||||
10 | Navy during the Korean Conflict; he was a member of the | ||||||
11 | Woodstock Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5040 and served for | ||||||
12 | several years as a member of the Honor Guard; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Ferdinand Raffel, Jr. was an active member of | ||||||
14 | Grace Lutheran Church in Woodstock and enjoyed ushering for | ||||||
15 | many worship services; he was an avid woodworker, making | ||||||
16 | special projects for his grandchildren and teaching them the | ||||||
17 | woodworking skills to create their own masterpieces; he also | ||||||
18 | enjoyed spending time with his loving family; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Ferdinand Raffel, Jr. was preceded in death by his | ||||||
20 | parents; his sister, Lucy Poelling; his brother, Richard | ||||||
21 | Raffel; and his brothers-in-law, Ralph Lang and Bill Stecker; |
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1 | and
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2 | WHEREAS, Ferdinand Raffel, Jr. is survived by his wife, | ||||||
3 | Carol Raffel; his children, Don (Cheryl) Raffel, Janette (Dan) | ||||||
4 | Hess, and Barb (Keith) Sova; his grandchildren, Brittany (Marc) | ||||||
5 | Hinderlider, Andrew Raffel, Renee Merz, David Hess, Brian Hess, | ||||||
6 | Shannon (Greg) Topf, Rebecca Friedel, and Randy (Roseanna) | ||||||
7 | Sova; his great-grandchildren, John McMahon, Alysia Foat, | ||||||
8 | Aubrey Hinderlider, and Emma Hinderlider; his brother, Ted | ||||||
9 | (Donna) Raffel; his brother-in-law, Ralph (Shirley) Stecker; | ||||||
10 | his sisters-in-law, Marian Lang and Anita Stecker; and many | ||||||
11 | nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
14 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Ferdinand "Ferd" H. | ||||||
15 | Raffel, Jr.; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to the family of Ferdinand Raffel, Jr. as an | ||||||
18 | expression of our sympathy.
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