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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Robert F. "Oly" Olson of Broadwell, who |
| 4 | | passed away on January 9, 2013; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Olson was born on June 8, 1930, in Lincoln; |
| 6 | | his parents were Alfred and Mildred (Amberg) Olson; he married |
| 7 | | Norma (Shorty) Jean Van Fossen on December 12, 1957; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Olson was raised in Broadwell and attended |
| 9 | | Elkhart Community High School; he subsequently attended the |
| 10 | | University of Illinois through his junior year; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Robert Olson was a veteran of the Korean War, |
| 12 | | having served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers from |
| 13 | | 1951 to 1953; after obtained his basic training at Ft. Riley, |
| 14 | | Kansas, he was stationed in Alaska; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, After his stint in the Army, Robert Olson worked |
| 16 | | as a carpenter and operated a service station in Elkhart; after |
| 17 | | college, he managed an office for the USDA in Belleville; in |
| 18 | | 1960, an opportunity to return to farming in Logan County |
| 19 | | presented itself and he began his career in "the best job" he |
| 20 | | could ever want; he established a Farm Management Service and |
| 21 | | managed farms for absentee landowners; he was also one of the |
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| 1 | | founders of the Elkhart Community Bank and served on the Board |
| 2 | | of Directors for the Elkhart and Illini Banks; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, In 1986, Robert Olson was appointed to fill a |
| 4 | | vacancy as Representative in the Illinois General Assembly; |
| 5 | | following his appointment, he served in the General Assembly |
| 6 | | with distinction for 9 years until his retirement in 1994; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Robert Olson enjoyed working at his homestead in |
| 8 | | Broadwell, gardening, reading, history, traveling the United |
| 9 | | States, and collecting antiques; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Robert Olson was a member of Immanuel Lutheran |
| 11 | | Church, Elkhart Legion Post 616, Lincoln Elks 914, and the 40 & |
| 12 | | 8 Club; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Robert Olson is survived by his wife; his |
| 14 | | children, Robert (Dee) Olson, Nancy (Kevin) Courtwright, Susan |
| 15 | | (Bryan) Johnston, James (Ann) Olson, and Sandra Tiffany; his |
| 16 | | grandchildren, Madeline Olson, Kasey and Kylie (Fricke) |
| 17 | | Courtwright, Jason and Leslie (Pfeifer) Johnston, Abby, Jake, |
| 18 | | and Betsy Olson, and Elaine, Sam, Will, and Adrienne Tiffany; |
| 19 | | his great-grandchildren, Lexi Chambers, Kallie Courtwright, |
| 20 | | and Nolan Pfeifer; his sister, Mary Ann (Verne) Garrison; and |
| 21 | | his brother, David (Lois) Olson; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
| 3 | | his family and friends, the passing of Robert F. "Oly" Olson; |
| 4 | | and be it further
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| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 6 | | presented to the family of Robert F. "Oly" Olson as an |
| 7 | | expression of our sympathy.
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