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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
Joseph Wannamaker of Godfrey, who passed 
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away on July 24, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Joseph Wannamaker was born on July 21, 1923 in 
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Alton; his parents were  Joseph and Helen (Henrich) Wannamaker; 
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he married the former Luetta Marquis in 1941, and they 
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divorced; he married the former Kay Stewart on March 29, 1977 
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in Godfrey; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Joseph Wannamaker served in the U.S. Army during 
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World War II; he worked as a supervisor at Owens-Illinois in 
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Alton, retiring in 1981; he was a member of Twelfth Street 
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Presbyterian Church in Alton; he was a 50-year member of Piasa 
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Masonic Lodge in Alton and a member of Alton VFW Post 1308; he 
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taught woodcarving all over the country and was a member of 
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several woodcarving associations, including the National 
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Woodcarvers Association and Affiliated Woodcarvers Ltd.; and

 

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    WHEREAS, Joseph Wannamaker was preceded in death by his 
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grandson, Matthew Jacob Wannamaker; his  brother, William 
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Wannamaker; and his sister, Catherine Schulz; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Joseph Wannamaker is survived by his wife; his 
 


 






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sons and daughters-in-law, Joe Wannamaker, Mark and Audrey 
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Wannamaker, David and Rita Wannamaker, and Stewart and Patty 
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Bramley; 10 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Joseph Wannamaker; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Joseph Wannamaker as an expression 
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of our sympathy.