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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 W. Depke, who passed away on June |
| 4 | | 20, 2014; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Depke was born on July 11, 1929 in |
| 6 | | Waukegan; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Robert Depke attended Gurnee Grade School and |
| 8 | | Warren Township High School, where he played all sports and was |
| 9 | | a member of the Warren Football 49ers; he was also selected as |
| 10 | | a member of the Warren Township Hall of Fame; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Robert Depke served his country as a member of the |
| 12 | | National Guard during the Korean War; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, After working in the family business, Robert Depke |
| 14 | | sold cars for Lindskog Mercury in Libertyville; in 1961, he won |
| 15 | | his first election to serve as Warren Township Supervisor; in |
| 16 | | 1975, he, along with the Town Board, purchased a farm on |
| 17 | | Washington Street in Gurnee and developed the Warren Township |
| 18 | | Center and Highway Department, which is now named after him; he |
| 19 | | also served as Lake County Board Commissioner and was elected |
| 20 | | Chairman of the County Board in 1968; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Robert Depke was instrumental in many |
| 2 | | accomplishments for Lake County; he led the Saving Great Lakes |
| 3 | | Group, which worked diligently with the State of Illinois and |
| 4 | | Governor Jim Edgar to convince the National Closure Board to |
| 5 | | keep the Great Lakes Naval Base open in Lake County; his name |
| 6 | | appears on the Robert W. Depke Juvenile Justice Center in |
| 7 | | Vernon Hills, which he had the foresight to have the county |
| 8 | | purchase to house the Juvenile Center and Courts in recent |
| 9 | | years; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Robert Depke was a member of the Gurnee Community |
| 11 | | Church; he was also a 58-year founding member of the Gurnee |
| 12 | | Lions Club, a charter member of the Gagewood Lions Club, and a |
| 13 | | member of the Exchange Club of Gurnee; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Robert Depke was a lifetime Green Bay Packers and |
| 15 | | Chicago White Sox fan; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Robert Depke was preceded in death by his parents, |
| 17 | | Justus and Beatrice (nee Hook) Depke; his stepmother, Edith; a |
| 18 | | sister, Eloise (Orvin) Herman; 2 brothers, William "Bill" and |
| 19 | | Justus (Jess) Depke; a daughter, Cindy Jo Deming; and a nephew, |
| 20 | | Wally Herman; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, Robert Depke is survived by his loving wife of 45 |
| 22 | | years, George Anne; 6 children, Robert W. (Jennie) Depke, II, |
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| 1 | | Shawn B. (Lynne) Depke, Michael (Audrey) Hendee, Braden (Janet) |
| 2 | | Depke, Kellie Hendee, and Bowen (Claire) Depke; 13 |
| 3 | | grandchildren, Robert (Laura) Depke III, Tyler, Justus, Kyla, |
| 4 | | Jessica, Alexander, Genevieve, William Depke, Alisha (Michael) |
| 5 | | Depke-Lankford, Shawn, Kevin, Scott and Amy Deming; a |
| 6 | | great-grandchild, Mackenzie Lankford; and many nieces, |
| 7 | | nephews, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
| 10 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Robert W. Depke; and |
| 11 | | be it further
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| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 13 | | presented to the family of Robert Depke as an expression of our |
| 14 | | sympathy.
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