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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former 
4Illinois State Representative Charles F. Keller, who passed 
5away on January 22, 2019; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Representative Keller was born to Loami and Thelma 
7Keller on January 22, 1939; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, The Keller family created many successful 
9businesses in the City of Effingham, including Keller Oil and 
10the Keller Development Company; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Like his father and mother before him, 
12Representative Keller carried on his family's entrepreneurial 
13spirit and started many new businesses, including the Thelma 
14Keller Convention Center; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Representative Keller was President of the 
16Illinois Young Democrats and actively campaigned for the 
17election of President John F. Kennedy; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Representative Keller remained interested in 
19politics and was ultimately elected to the Illinois House of 
20Representatives; he was reelected for five consecutive terms; 
 
 
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2    WHEREAS, Friends and members of the community knew 
3Representative Keller as a kind and generous man; along with 
4his wife, he spent a year in war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina, where 
5he helped the local people; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Representative Keller and his family hosted 
7German exchange student, Uwe Blab, who helped to lead the 
8Effingham High School basketball team to second place at the 
9state tournament in 1980; he then returned to Germany, where he 
10played professional basketball; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Representative Keller retained his love of 
12business throughout his life and founded the Hofbrauhaus German 
13restaurant and brewery in his later years; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Representative Keller is survived by his wife, 
15Doris Jean Keller, and their children; therefore, be it
  
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
17HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
18we mourn the passing of former Illinois State Representative 
19Charles Keller and extend our sincere condolences to his 
20family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
21further
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
2presented to the family of Representative Keller as an 
3expression of our deepest sympathy.