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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 Gordon George Frey of Geneva, who passed |
| 4 | | away on July 22, 2017; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey was born in Oak Park to Julius and |
| 6 | | Frieda (Elfring) Frey on October 5, 1923 and spent his early |
| 7 | | life in Bensenville; he studied civil engineering at North |
| 8 | | Central College in Naperville; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey served with the United States Army |
| 10 | | Corp of Engineers during World War II, locating land mines in |
| 11 | | France; he was captured and sent to Oflag 64 in Szubin, Poland; |
| 12 | | as the Russians advanced, he and the other prisoners were |
| 13 | | forced to march hundreds of miles in freezing temperatures to |
| 14 | | other camps in Poland and Germany; he was finally liberated in |
| 15 | | April of 1945 at Moosberg; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey married June on May 29, 1947 and ran |
| 17 | | his land surveying company from the home that he and June built |
| 18 | | themselves on land adjacent to June's family farm in Lisle; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey helped establish the Lisle school |
| 20 | | districts and was a member of the elementary and high school |
| 21 | | boards in the 1950s; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey and June retired to Geneva in 1984 |
| 2 | | spending the next 30 years doing home improvements, |
| 3 | | landscaping, gardening, and enjoying the company of many |
| 4 | | wonderful neighbors who became family; his greatest joy was |
| 5 | | seeing his family and friends succeed; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey was preceded in death by his daughter, |
| 7 | | Barbara Brodski; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey is survived by his wife, June; his |
| 9 | | children, Bruce (Becky) Frey, Barry (Colleen) Frey, and Beth |
| 10 | | (Paul) Von Driska; his grandchildren, Audra (Byron) Hudson, |
| 11 | | Benjamin Frey, Michael Von Driska, Ken Biewer, and Kevin |
| 12 | | Biewer; his great-grandchild, Cyrus Hudson; and his beloved |
| 13 | | cat, "Cat 2", who he and June saved from the streets; |
| 14 | | therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 17 | | Gordon George Frey, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
| 18 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 19 | | further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Gordon Frey as an expression of our |