SR0815

LRB096 22229 KXB 41049 r





  
1

SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2
    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3
learn of the death of Charles E. "Gene" Krause of Galesburg, 
4
who passed away April 22, 2010; and
  
 
5
    WHEREAS, He was born August 13, 1929, the son of Charles F. 
6
and Edith Schadel Krause of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin; he married 
7
Shirley Chisman on June 16, 1951, in Ottumwa, Iowa; and
  
 
8
    WHEREAS, He graduated from Sun Prairie High School in Sun 
9
Prairie, Wisconsin, and Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa; he 
10
followed up with graduate work at the University of Iowa; and
  
 
11
    WHEREAS, He taught high school English and dramatics at 
12
Radcliffe, Iowa, and Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and was a longtime 
13
teacher of those subjects in Galesburg District 205; and
  
 
14
    WHEREAS, He was a member of the Kiwanis and the Knox County 
15
Retired Teachers Association, and an honorary member of the 
16
Knox College Fifty Year Club; he was a volunteer, teaching the 
17
Rules of the Road class for many years for the State of 
18
Illinois; he was past president of Galesburg Retired Teachers 
19
and was on the Newman School Board; he also was a member of the 
20
First United Methodist Church; and
  
 
 


 






SR0815
- 2 -
LRB096 22229 KXB 41049 r




1
    WHEREAS, Charles E. "Gene" Krause is survived by his wife, 
2
Shirley; his two sons, Charles F. "Rick" Krause and Paul (and 
3
Charlotta) Krause; his daughter, Karen (and Michael) Carrigan; 
4
his four grandchildren and his   stepgrandson; therefore, be it
  
 
5
    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
6
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
7
his family and friends, the passing of Charles Krause; and be 
8
it further
  
 
9
    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10
presented to the family of Charles Krause as a symbol of our 
11
sincere sympathy.