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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | ||||||
3 | learned with regret of the death of Eugene H. "Gene" Rawhoof of | ||||||
4 | Zion on Thursday, March 4, 2004; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Mr. Rawhoof was born on October 15, 1923 in Hardin | ||||||
6 | County and spent his early years in Pope County; he valiantly | ||||||
7 | served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II; he was | ||||||
8 | with the Third Fleet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme | ||||||
9 | Richard; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Mr. Rawhoof moved to Lake County in 1946, where he | ||||||
11 | married his wife, Virginia, in 1949; he worked at Manville | ||||||
12 | Corporation in Waukegan for several years before being elected | ||||||
13 | Business Representative of the International Chemical Workers | ||||||
14 | Union (ICWU) Local 60; and
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15 | WHEREAS, In 1968, Mr. Rawhoof became International | ||||||
16 | Representative for ICWU, a position he held until retirement in | ||||||
17 | 1988; during this time, he also served in many positions with | ||||||
18 | the AFL-CIO, including president of the Lake County AFL-CIO | ||||||
19 | Council (now Northeastern Illinois Federation of Labor, | ||||||
20 | AFL-CIO), chairman of the tenth congressional district COPE, | ||||||
21 | and Senior Consultant with the Illinois State AFL-CIO; and
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22 | WHEREAS, In recent years, Mr. Rawhoof served as an officer | ||||||
23 | in the Illinois Dunesland Preservation Society, a 60-year-old | ||||||
24 | organization devoted to the preservation, protection, and | ||||||
25 | improvement of Illinois Beach State Park, Lake Michigan, and | ||||||
26 | the surrounding area; he was active in many community | ||||||
27 | organizations, including as a member of Our Savior's | ||||||
28 | Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zion, as a former chairman of | ||||||
29 | the Zion Police & Fire Commission, as a member of the Board of | ||||||
30 | Directors of the Lake County Community Action Program and the | ||||||
31 | Lake County Council on Alcoholism, as a member of the Lake |
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1 | County Governmental Study Commission II, as a volunteer for | ||||||
2 | numerous Red Cross and United Way campaigns, and as a member of | ||||||
3 | the National Council of Senior Citizens and its successor | ||||||
4 | organization, the Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA), and | ||||||
5 | AARP; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Mr. Rawhoof was a driving force within the | ||||||
7 | Democratic Party, serving as a precinct committeeman for many | ||||||
8 | years, a delegate to the 1988 Democratic Nominating Convention, | ||||||
9 | and an officer of the Lake County Democratic Central Committee; | ||||||
10 | and
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11 | WHEREAS, The passing of Eugene H. "Gene" Rawhoof has been | ||||||
12 | deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Virginia H. (nee | ||||||
13 | Riske) Rawhoof; his children, Donald E. Rawhoof and Sandra A. | ||||||
14 | (Gary) Kern; his grandsons, Gary Dale and Travis Eugene Kern; | ||||||
15 | his sisters, Madeline Carr, Catherine (Don) Riley, Ann | ||||||
16 | (William) Robinson, Doris (Donny) Millis, Loris (Eugene) | ||||||
17 | Walker, Violet Wyber, and Sandra and Celia Cornell; his | ||||||
18 | brothers, Curtis (Betty) Carman, Everette Carman, Herschel | ||||||
19 | (Francis) Carman, Hubert (Charlene) Carman, Wendell (Linda) | ||||||
20 | Carman, Jerry (Bonnie) Carman, Vivia Jim Cornell, and Marvin | ||||||
21 | Cornell; his aunt, Alta Hubbard; and his many nieces, nephews, | ||||||
22 | and friends; therefore, be it
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23 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
24 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
25 | Eugene H. "Gene" Rawhoof, and we extend our deepest sympathy to | ||||||
26 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
27 | further
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28 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
29 | presented to the family of Eugene H. "Gene" Rawhoof as an | ||||||
30 | expression of our sincere condolences.
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