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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 John VonBergen of Alton, who passed away 
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on August 24, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born July 21, 1928, in rural Alton, where 
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he remained all his life; he was the son of Oscar and Ruth 
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(Cousins) VonBergen; he married Margie Higgins on November 24, 
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1949, at College Avenue Presbyterian Church in Alton and they 
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were married 54 years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He worked for Illinois Bell Telephone Company for 
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30 years, retiring in 1976; he then began a new career 
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developing land and building custom homes with his wife 
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throughout the metro area for 22 years;

and

 
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    WHEREAS, He enjoyed volunteering for the Alton Band and 
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Orchestra Builders and later served as president; he was one of 
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the founding trustees for both the Fosterburg Water District 
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and the Fosterburg Fire Protection District; he was involved 
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with the Madison County and Illinois Homebuilders Association, 
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holding many different offices in those organizations; he was 
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recently elected senior life director to the National 
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Association of Homebuilders in Washington D.C.; he was a member 
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of the Alton Eagles and the Telephone Pioneers; and he was 
 


 






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currently serving on the Alton Bell Credit Union Board of 
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Directors; and

 
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    WHEREAS, John VonBergen was preceded in death by his 
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parents, Oscar and Ruth VonBergen; by his wife, Margie; and by 
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two sisters, Lois (VonBergen) Sterling and Alvina (VonBergen) 
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O'Boyle; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He is survived by two daughters and their spouses, 
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Barb and John Jones and Ruth and John Phegley; his 
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grandchildren, Aaron Jones, Emily Jones Helling and her 
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husband, Corey, and Alec and Eric Phegley; and his two 
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brothers, Harold VonBergen and Ralph VonBergen; therefore, be 
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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 John VonBergen; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of John VonBergen as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.