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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Marvin "Marv" Harold Abrahamson, who 
4passed away on August 28, 2018 at the age of 93; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Marv Abrahamson was born  to Lillian and Joseph 
6Abrahamson on March 13, 1925; the youngest of four children, he 
7grew up in South Austin at Adams and Central; he attended 
8Robert Emmett Elementary School and Austin High School, where 
9he played guard on the varsity basketball team and graduated in 
101943; after a semester at Wilbur Wright Junior College, he 
11enlisted in the United States Navy; he served honorably in the 
12Pacific and returned home in 1946; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Marv Abrahamson joined his father and brother, 
14Elmer, in the family furrier business on Madison and Mayfield 
15Streets; in the 1950s, the fur salon moved to 122 North Marion 
16in Oak Park, where it remained well into the 21st century; in 
171978, a third generation was welcomed into Abrahamson's Furs, 
18when Marv's son, Bruce, joined the business; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Marv Abrahamson was a proud Chicagoan and Oak 
20Parker and was a member of the Oak Park River Forest Rotary and 
21the Oak Park Tennis Club, where he was noted for his "deftness 
22at switching the racket to his other hand and scoring at the 
 
 
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1net"; he loved basketball and was a Chicago Bulls season ticket 
2holder for nearly half a century; he supported the Hephzibah 
3Children's Association and the Southern Poverty Law Center; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Marv Abrahamson was considered the unofficial 
5"Mayor of Marion Street" and encouraged other business owners 
6in the area as they built their businesses; always caring and 
7smiling, he was a regular at Kevil's Restaurant in Forest Park, 
8where patrons looked forward to seeing him and Mary Ann; 
9affectionately known as "The High Roller," he also enjoyed 
10trips to Las Vegas with other store owners; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Marv Abrahamson was preceded in death by his 
12parents; his brothers, Elmer and Melvin; and his sister, 
13Sylvia; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Marv Abrahamson is survived by his companion of 
15nearly 40 years, Mary Ann Jurgus; his sons, Bruce and Terry; 
16his daughter-in-law, Vicki Lafer Abrahamson; his son-in-law, 
17David Branch; his grandsons, Joey, Sam, and Jake; and his 
18granddaughters, Charlotte and Jenny; therefore, be it
  
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
21Marvin "Marv" Harold Abrahamson and extend our sincere 
22condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
 
 
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1him; and be it further
  
 
2    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
3presented to the family of Marv Abrahamson as an expression of 
4our deepest sympathy.