SR0824 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Louis J. "Corky" Sehring of St. Charles, who passed away June 13, 2008; and

WHEREAS, Louis J. "Corky" Sehring ran First National Bank of Batavia, and it was later sold to Harris Bank; Mr. Sehring remained president of Harris Batavia and eventually became president of Harris St. Charles and Harris Geneva as well; from 1994 through 2005, as president of Harris St. Charles, Mr. Sehring doubled the total assets of the bank and he also oversaw the construction and opening of the South Elgin branch; and

WHEREAS, After his retirement in February 2007, he continued to serve on the Harris St. Charles-Batavia Region Advisory Board of Directors; he was born and raised in Joliet and attended St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin for two years before he transferred to Joliet Central High School, where he graduated; he went on to earn a bachelor's degree in history from Louisiana State University in 1965; after graduation, he spent a few months traveling Europe; and

WHEREAS, When he returned, he attended Northern Illinois University where he met his wife and earned a master's degree in marketing and finance in 1968; the couple married in 1970; he joined Peat Marwick Mitchell in Chicago as an auditor but returned to Joliet where he joined Louis Joliet Bank as a loan officer; he became president of East Joliet Bank in 1974; he attended Rutgers University, where he received an advanced degree in banking in 1975; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Sehring served on the board of directors of Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet for 30 years and held the positions of secretary, treasurer, and chairman of the Strategic Finance Committee; he also held the position of honorary chairman of the board for two months in 2007; he was the owner of several Harley Davidson motorcycles and liked to bike, shoot, ski, golf, sail, and fish; Mr. Sehring also was on the board of trustees and a former chairman of the board of St. John's Northwestern Military Academy, director of the Mid-Valley Neighborhood Improvement Association, and a member of the St. Charles Housing Commission in St. Charles; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Sehring is survived by his wife, Cheri; his two daughters, Molly and Kelly; and a sister, Sue Hutchison; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Louis J. "Corky" Sehring; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Louis J. "Corky" Sehring as an expression of our sympathy.