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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 George |
| 4 | | H. Buck, who passed away on February 3, 2023; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, George Buck was born to George Werden Buck and |
| 6 | | Joan (Hammel) Buck in Joliet on March 21 1948; he graduated |
| 7 | | from Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago and |
| 8 | | Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri; he married |
| 9 | | Joann Kuban at St. Bernard's Church in Joliet on June 22, 1977; |
| 10 | | and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, In 1970, George Buck began working full-time at |
| 12 | | Werden Buck Company, a firm originally founded by his |
| 13 | | great-grandfather, Werden Buck, in 1888; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, George Buck was involved in a number of |
| 15 | | organizations; he served as past president of the Rotary Club |
| 16 | | of Joliet, where he achieved 40 years of perfect attendance, |
| 17 | | and past president of the George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club |
| 18 | | of Joliet; he was also a member of the Joliet Chamber of |
| 19 | | Commerce, the Joliet Catholic Academy Parents Board, the Board |
| 20 | | of Directors of First National Bank, and St. Paul the Apostle |
| 21 | | Catholic Church; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In his spare time, George Buck enjoyed Sunday |
| 2 | | afternoons and family gatherings at Gavican Farm; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, George Buck was a humble, selfless man of |
| 4 | | honesty, integrity, and faith; he will be remembered for his |
| 5 | | devotion to his family and to the Werden Buck Company; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, George Buck was the husband of Joann Buck for 45 |
| 7 | | years; the father of sons, George (Sara), Joseph (Carrie), and |
| 8 | | the late Brian, and daughter, Kimberly (Timothy); the brother |
| 9 | | of Thomas and Timothy Buck; the grandfather of Sadie Buck, |
| 10 | | George W. Buck, Tucker Buck, Ellie Buck, Henry Gough, and |
| 11 | | Vinny Gough; and the step-grandfather of Chase Robinson, Jack |
| 12 | | Kennedy, Sean Kennedy, and Eric Kennedy; therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 14 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 15 | | we mourn the passing of
George H. Buck and extend our sincere
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| 16 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
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| 17 | | him; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 19 | | presented to the family of George Buck as an expression of
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| 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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