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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Lowell "Whitey" Reiser of Hampshire, who 
4passed away on August 6, 2018; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Lowell Reiser was born in Burlington to Edward and 
6Lorena (Seyller) Reiser on March 6, 1931; he graduated from 
7Hampshire High School in 1949; he served in the United States 
8Army during the Korean Conflict; he married Arlene Engel at St. 
9Charles Borromeo Church in Hampshire on February 9, 1952; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Lowell Reiser retired from the Masonite 
11Corporation, now International Paper Co.; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Lowell Reiser was a life member and past Commander 
13of the Hampshire Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8043 and a 
14member of the American Legion Post 57 of Elgin; he was also a 
15member of the Burlington/Hampshire Senior Citizens, the 
16Hampshire Historical Society, the Fox Valley Model T Club, and 
17the Northern Illinois Steam Power Club; he was a lifelong and 
18active member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church; in May 
192015, he was honored as Veteran of the Month for community 
20service by the City of Elgin; in 2013, he received the Earl 
21Engel Award for community service in Hampshire Township; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Lowell Reiser was preceded in death by his 
2parents; his grandson, Jason Lichthardt; his brother, Floyd 
3Reiser; and his brothers-in-law, Norman Deihs, Gayland 
4Schendel, and Morris Kiefer; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Lowell Reiser is survived by his wife, Arlene; his 
6daughter, Darlene (Dale) Lichthardt; his son, Daryl (Helen) 
7Reiser; his grandchildren, Amy and Joseph Dobzynski, Daniel and 
8Ashley Lichthardt, and Randy Reiser; his stepgrandson, John 
9Burton; his great-granddaughters, Eileen Dobzynski, and Grace 
10and Sophia Lichthardt; and his sisters, Leila Deihs, Rita 
11Kiefer, Joan (Henry) Thies, and Jean Schendel; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
14Lowell "Whitey" Reiser and extend our sincere condolences to 
15his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
16further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to the family of Lowell Reiser as an expression of 
19our deepest sympathy.