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This resolution mourns the passing of Donald Edward "Don" Beetler, a veteran, farmer, and family man from Altona, Illinois, who died on March 10, 2025. The document provides a detailed biography highlighting Beetler's life, including his birth in Glasford in 1927, his service in the U.S. Marine Corps in China from 1945 to 1946, his 67-year marriage to Mary Frances Brown, and his career working at Caterpillar and farming near Victoria, Oneida, and Altona for 45 years. The resolution emphasizes Beetler's qualities of being quietly generous, hardworking, and having a great sense of humor, and notes his family legacy, including his surviving children, grandchildren, and one sister, as well as those family members who preceded him in death. The Illinois Senate formally expresses its condolences to Beetler's family and resolves to present a copy of the resolution to his family as a symbol of sympathy and recognition of his life and contributions.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=198&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SR&SessionID=114&GA=104