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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Ernest J. Mehlan of Mount |
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| Prospect on Thursday, April 20, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born June 28, 1919, in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mehlan retired in 1982 from the Chicago |
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| Sun-Times advertising department after 44 years of service; he |
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| won the Marshall Field Award in 1976; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mehlan served the community of Mt. Prospect |
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| for 38 years, where he was a member and past president of the |
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| Senior Advisory Council, the senior golf league at the Mount |
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| Prospect Golf Club, and the Senior Men's Club; he also served |
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| for many years on the District 214 Senior Celebration |
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| Committee; he was the senior advisor to the Mount Prospect |
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| Jaycees and was named an honorary lifetime member of the |
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| Jaycees; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a two-time Mount Prospect Elderhonor award |
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| winner and a Mount Prospect Shining Star award winner; he also |
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| received the Cook County Sheriffs Senior Medal of Honor; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mehlan was an active member of St. Mark |
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| Lutheran Church for 38 years; and
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| WHEREAS, His wife, Dorothy K. Mehlan (nee Straub), preceded |
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| him in death; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Ernest J. Mehlan has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially his daughter, Janice (William) Scott; |
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| his grandchildren, Rachel, Jennifer, and Johanna; and his |
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| siblings, Christine Wagner, Herbert (Lee) Mehlan, and Deloris |
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| Bose; therefore, be it
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