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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of John D. Schillinger of Moline, who passed 
4away on January 22, 2018; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, John Schillinger  was born in a farm home in rural 
6Henry County to Ferd and Grace (Kilby) Schillinger on August 
710, 1932; he graduated from Orion High School and farmed with 
8his brother, Joe, until he was drafted into the United States 
9Army, where he learned to pilot planes at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; 
10he married Judy McLean in 1959; later, he  married Thelma 
11Millsap on August 8, 1976; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, John Schillinger  owned and operated a portable 
13ready mix business; he later purchased a feed and fertilizer 
14business in Viola, which he eventually sold to purchase Viola 
15Materials; he was an independent concrete man and later worked 
16for cement contractors in the Chicago area, which allowed him 
17to travel to Florida to build ocean barriers in the Keys; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, John Schillinger  enjoyed fishing and piloting his 
19Cessna air craft; he also enjoyed fly fishing; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, John Schillinger  was preceded in death by his 
21parents, Ferd and Grace; his first wife, Thelma, and his second 
 
 
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1wife, Judy;  and his  brother, Joe Schillinger; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, John Schillinger  is survived by his sons, Randy 
3(Vicki), Mark D., Shawn (Melissa), and Shane (Jenny) 
4Schillinger; his daughter, Renae (Dan Ziegler) Schillinger; 
5nine grandchildren; his brother, Richard (Diane) Schillinger; 
6his sisters, Carol (Bob) Reese, Sharon (Lawrence) Pirkl, and 
7Sunny (Jim) Moorhusen;  and his sister-in-law, Margo 
8Schillinger; therefore, be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
11John D. Schillinger, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
12family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
13further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15presented to  the family of  John Schillinger  as an expression of 
16our deepest sympathy.