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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Gerald C. Bloomberg of Rock Island, who 
4passed away on April 10, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Gerald Bloomberg was born in Galesburg to Clarence 
6A. and Jeanette E. Wongstrom Bloomberg on February 15, 1923; he 
7served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II and 
8married Edythe N. Petersen on October 21, 1950; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Gerald Bloomberg worked in the service department 
10at Deere and Co. for many years, retiring in 1982; he was also 
11employed by Augustana College for a time; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Gerald Bloomberg was a member of Trinity Lutheran 
13Church in Moline; the Doric Lodge AF & AM in Moline; the 
14Scottish Rite & Coordinate Bodies, Valley of Moline; the 
15Independent Order of the Vikings in Moline; and American Legion 
16Post 246; he was a former member of the Kaaba Shrine in 
17Davenport, Iowa; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Gerald Bloomberg was preceded in death by his 
19wife, Edythe; his parents; his sister, Janis Briggs; his 
20brother, Wayne in infancy; and his nephews, Steven and Thomas 
21Briggs; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Gerald Bloomberg is survived by his children, 
2Lynne E. (Larry) Anderson  and Terry L. Brown; his 
3grandchildren, Kelley (Maurice) Arnold, Todd Brown, and Jenny 
4Brown;  and his great-grandchildren, Allyna, Landry, and Logan 
5Arnold and Aiden, Mac Kinsy, and Karsen Brown; therefore, be it
  
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
8Gerald C. Bloomberg, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
9family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
10further
  
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
12presented to  the family of  Gerald Bloomberg as an expression of 
13our deepest sympathy.