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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of William |
| 4 | | Henry Schroeder of Long Lake, who passed away on December 17, |
| 5 | | 2011; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born in Libertyville on February 28, 1929, |
| 7 | | the son of the late Lydia and Marshall Schroeder; he graduated |
| 8 | | from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and was staff |
| 9 | | sergeant in the United States Army during the Korean War; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, William, along with his father, Marshall R. |
| 11 | | Schroeder, founded Lakeland Newspapers in 1956 and was a |
| 12 | | charter member of the Suburban Press Foundation (SPF), |
| 13 | | predecessor to Suburban Newspapers of America; he was president |
| 14 | | of the Illinois Press Association (IPA); he organized and began |
| 15 | | the Illinois Press Foundation (IPF) and was also involved with |
| 16 | | the Suburban Newspapers of America; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, He was recognized for numerous journalism |
| 18 | | accomplishments during his 55-year newspaper career; he |
| 19 | | received the Illinois Press Association's "Best in State" |
| 20 | | newspapers honors 3 times; he also won the 2002 CHINFO award |
| 21 | | for the best military newspaper in the world and helped locate |
| 22 | | and finance the Illinois Press Association's headquarters in |
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| 1 | | Springfield; he was also the winner of the 2003 SNA Dean |
| 2 | | Lescher national award for lifetime journalism achievements; |
| 3 | | and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, He was active in many Lake County chambers of |
| 5 | | commerce, the Navy League, the Illinois Press Foundation Board |
| 6 | | of Directors, served the Lake County Fair as historian, the Red |
| 7 | | Cross, and the Long Lake Yacht Club, where he served as |
| 8 | | Commodore and Judge; he also served on the boards of Condell |
| 9 | | Hospital, Fox Lake State Bank, and Carmel Catholic High School; |
| 10 | | and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, His favorite hobbies were gardening, boating, |
| 12 | | reading, music, and rooting for the Chicago Cubs; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, William Schroeder is survived by his wife of |
| 14 | | almost 50 years, Nancy; his children, William (Lisa), Jill |
| 15 | | (Bill) McDermott, Karen (Jim) Miller, and Robert (Elise); his |
| 16 | | grandchildren, Erika, John, Alexandra, Nicole, Thomas, |
| 17 | | Caroline, Marshall, and William; and his brother, Robert |
| 18 | | (Elizabeth) Schroeder; therefore, be it
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 20 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 21 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of |
| 22 | | William Schroeder; and be it further
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