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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Glenn A. Jahnke of North Chicago, who |
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| passed away on February 13, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Glenn A. Jahnke was born on August 27, 1953 in |
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| Libertyville, the son of Walter and Lorraine Jahnke; he |
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| graduated from North Chicago High School in 1971 and attended |
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| the College of Lake County; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked for the City of North Chicago for 33 |
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| years, where he was the Building Inspector and Code Enforcer; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He was an avid gardener, nature lover, and baker |
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| of bread, cookies, and muffins; he enjoyed fishing at |
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| Independence Grove in Libertyville with his best friend Chris |
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| Ihrig;
Glenn traveled the country bird-watching, sold |
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| photographs of birds to various publications, and did the bird |
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| count for 10 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Glenn Jahnke was recognized as one of the top |
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| nature photographers in the Midwest and achieved international |
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| exposure with photographs published in Canada, Australia, |
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| Germany, The Netherlands, and Japan; he was a member of the |
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| Chicago Area Camera Club Association, Riverwoods Nature |
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| Photographic Society, National Wildlife Federation and Lake |
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| County Farm Bureau; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Walter; |
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| his grandfather, Casimir Zdanowicz; his uncle, Roy Zdanowicz; |
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| his grandparents, Walter and Iva Jahnke; his aunts, Elaine |
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| Cannon and Lois Campbell; his uncle, Russell (Vivian) Jahnke; |
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| and his good friend (second mother), Grace DeWolf; and
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| WHEREAS, Glenn Jahnke is survived by his mother, Lorraine |
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| (Zdanowicz) Jahnke; his grandmother, Helen (Wasniewski) |
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| Zdanowicz; his brothers, Neal (Frannie), Mark, and David (Susan |
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| G.); his sisters, Lynn (Bruce) Jahnke Snyder and Susan Jahnke; |
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| his nieces and nephews, Sara, Eric, Erin, Paul, Alex, Greg, |
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| Maureen, Austin, Crystal, Joe, Bobby, Keri, Claire, David, |
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| Ciara, Fiona, Kaitlin and Jasmin; and his many cousins; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Glenn Jahnke; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Glenn Jahnke as a symbol of our |