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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  William Andrew Gardner, Jr. of Buffalo 
4Grove; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, William Gardner, Jr. was a member of the American 
6Legion Merle Guild Post 208 in Arlington Heights and the First 
7United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights; he was a member 
8of Pipefitters Local Union 597 and an active volunteer at 
9Maryville Academy; he also founded 16-inch softball leagues in 
10the Northwest suburbs, including the Arlington Greens; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, William Gardner, Jr. served his country as a 
12member of the United States Army's 88th Infantry Division 
13during the occupation of Europe following World War II; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, William Gardner, Jr. was preceded in death by 2 
15sisters; and

  
 
16    WHEREAS, William Gardner, Jr. was the beloved husband of 
17the late Marilyn Gardner; the loving father of Dianne (James) 
18Renn, John (Gayle) Gardner, Thomas Gardner, and the late Dale 
19(Eileen) Gardner; the devoted grandfather of Meghan (Clifford) 
20Snatchko, Meredith Gletty, William Andrew Gardner, III, Lauren 
21Gletty, and Cash Gardner; and the great-grandfather of John 
 
 
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1Ross Snatchko; therefore, be it
  
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his 
4family and friends, mourn the passing of William Andrew 
5Gardner, Jr.; and be it further
  
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
7presented to the family of William Gardner, Jr. as an 
8expression of our sympathy.