SR0520

LRB096 15989 KXB 31234 r





  
1

SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2
    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3
learn of the death of John Mendenhall Sr. of Godfrey, who 
4
passed away on November 16, 2009; and
  
 
5
    WHEREAS, John Howard Mendenhall Sr. was born on October 27, 
6
1918, in Chicago Heights, the son of John Franklin and Ethel 
7
(Evans) Mendenhall; he married the former Alice L. Reid on June 
8
20, 1942, in Chicago; and
  
 
9
    WHEREAS, He received a B.S. in metallurgical engineering 
10
from the University of Illinois; he was employed at Olin Brass 
11
as a metallurgical engineer for more than 40 years, as a brass 
12
alloys expert, retiring in 1985; and
  
 
13
    WHEREAS, He was a member of the Community Congregational 
14
UCC in Godfrey for many years and then transferred membership 
15
to the Evangelical UCC in Godfrey, where he sang with his wife 
16
in the choir; he was a member of the American Society for 
17
Testing and Materials (ASTM), which he joined in 1961 and 
18
became a fellow in their society; he loved to golf, was an avid 
19
reader, worked as a volunteer at the Crisis Food Center for 20 
20
years, and was a loyal Chicago White Sox fan; and
  
 
21
    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and one 
 


 






SR0520
- 2 -
LRB096 15989 KXB 31234 r




1
son, Thomas John Mendenhall; and
  
 
2
    WHEREAS, John Mendenhall Sr.  is survived by his wife, 
3
Alice; his daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Jack Wepler; 
4
his sons and daughters-in-law, Doug and Stephanie Mendenhall 
5
and John and Susan Mendenhall; his grandchildren, Travis and 
6
Todd Zimmerman, Jeremy Wepler, Jessica and Christopher 
7
Mendenhall, and Jacob and Alex Levering; his great-grandson, 
8
Tristan Zimmerman; and his sisters and a brother-in-law, 
9
Dorothy Peebles and Gladys and Robert Tuggle; therefore, be it
  
 
10
    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
11
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
12
his family and friends, the passing of John Mendenhall Sr.; and 
13
be it further
  
 
14
    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15
presented to the family of John Mendenhall Sr. as a symbol of 
16
our sincere sympathy.