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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 Hans Chrestian Petersen of McHenry, who |
| 4 | | passed away on May 3, 2017; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Hans Petersen was born to Bennet and Martha |
| 6 | | (Nielsen) Petersen on November 29, 1923 and raised on a dairy |
| 7 | | farm in Wisconsin; he served in the United States Army Air |
| 8 | | Force during World War II and moved to Chicago where he met his |
| 9 | | wife, Nancy; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Hans Petersen was hardworking, having two |
| 11 | | careers; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Hans Petersen was known as a quiet, gentle giant; |
| 13 | | there was not a person who met him that did not like him; he was |
| 14 | | a "champion whistler", often whistling to the tune of "Sweet |
| 15 | | Georgia Brown"; he enjoyed listening to HAM Radio, fishing, |
| 16 | | gardening, and racing; he will be remembered as everyone's |
| 17 | | friend and will be sorely missed by all who knew him; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Hans Petersen was preceded in death by his |
| 19 | | parents; his loving wife, Nancy; his siblings, James and |
| 20 | | Marion; and his granddaughter, Megan; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Hans Petersen is survived by his children, Bennet |
| 2 | | (Nancy) Petersen, Bryan Petersen, and Shari (Alan Gegenheimer) |
| 3 | | Olk; his grandchildren, Carey (Justin) Runyard, Lindsay (Guy) |
| 4 | | Porth, Aimee (Jason) Landini, Alexander (Amy) Petersen, Troy |
| 5 | | (Kim) Petersen, Jennifer (Chad) Chorney, Gregory Petersen, |
| 6 | | Bennet Petersen, Katlyn (James) Ceplawskes, and Ashley Olk; his |
| 7 | | great-grandchildren, Austin, Nathan, Hannah, Violet, Lane, |
| 8 | | Sullivan, Alexis, Ethan, Owen, Emilee, Aksel, Haylie, Hayden, |
| 9 | | Aaron, Kaitlyn, MacKenzie, Azure, Ana, Aydin, and Leila; and |
| 10 | | his sister, Else Petersen; therefore, be it
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| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 13 | | Hans Chrestian Petersen, and extend our sincere condolences to |
| 14 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 15 | | further
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 17 | | presented to the family of Hans Petersen as an expression of |
| 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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