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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| "Bud" Herbig of Aurora, who passed away on December 17, 2007; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Herbig was born on June 13, 1929 in Aurora; |
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| his parents were Helen Browning and Leonard May; he was adopted |
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| by his grandparents, Lois and Emil Herbig, in 1936; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Herbig was a lifelong resident of Aurora; |
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| he graduated from East Aurora High School in 1947 and was |
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| inducted into the IHSA Basketball Hall of Fame and the East |
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| Aurora Sports Booster Hall of Fame in honor of his sports |
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| accomplishments; after graduation, he spent many hours of time |
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| working at football games and other sporting events without |
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| compensation; he was also a co-founder of the East Dad's Club, |
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| which evolved into the East Aurora Sports Boosters Club, an |
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| organization that provided much needed funds to East Aurora |
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| High School's sports programs; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Herbig was a veteran of the United States |
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| Air Force, where he served for four years during the Korean |
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| War; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Herbig was employed as a computer |
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| programmer for the Naperville School District until his |
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| retirement in 1994; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Herbig served on the East Aurora School |
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| Board for 17 years, serving many terms as secretary and |
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| president; as board president, he helped pass a successful |
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| education fund tax hike referendum in 1993 by an incredible |
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| three-vote margin out of 5,000 votes cast; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Herbig was active with various community |
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| organizations; he was active with the St. Joseph Parish Holy |
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| Name Society and the East Aurora School Sports Boosters; he |
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| served as a coach for Aurora Little League; he served as an |
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| instructor for the Drum & Bugle Corps; he also served as a |
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| statistician for the Illinois High School Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Herbig was preceded in death by his |
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| parents, Helen Browning and Leonard May; his aunts and uncles; |
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| his step-father; and his sister-in-law; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald Herbig is survived by his wife of 54 years, |
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| Joan; his 8 children, Lois, Joe (Debra), Donna (Javier) |
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| Gonzalez, Debby Sue (Glenn) Campbell, Lori, Joyce Grissom, |
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| Tami, and Barbara; his 15 grandchildren and 15 |
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| great-grandchildren; his sister and brothers-in-law; and his |
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| many nieces, nephews, cousins, and Godsons; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Donald |
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| "Bud" Herbig; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Donald "Bud" Herbig as an expression |
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| of our sympathy.
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