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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 Howard J. Adelmann of Lockport, who 
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passed away on October 22, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, When he was an infant, his great-grandmother 
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noticed a resemblance to silent screen comedian John Bunny, and 
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the nickname "Bunny" remained for the rest of his life; a 
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lifelong resident of Lockport, he served in the Army Air Corps 
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in the Pacific during World War II; he founded the Lockport Oil 
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Company in 1958 and sold the business in 1977; and he was one 
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of the founders of the Bank of Lockport (now Harris Bank) and 
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served as chairman of the board for many years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, When Lockport officials announced plans to tear 
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down the decrepit Central School, Howard Adelmann became 
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chairman of the committee to preserve the building, which now 
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houses City Hall, the Lockport Township offices, and park 
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district facility; he was also instrumental in restoring the 
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Old Congregational Church as the Gladys Fox Museum; and

 
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    WHEREAS, A longtime trustee of the Lockport Township fire 
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and park districts for many years, he was credited as a driving 
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force behind the Prairie Bluff Golf Course and Dellwood West 
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Park;

Farrell Road Park was renamed in his honor upon his 
 


 






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retirement from the park district in 1999; that same year, he 
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purchased the Adelmann Block Building in downtown Lockport, 
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which had been built by his grandfather 100 years earlier, and 
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restored the structure for residential and commercial uses; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a charter member of the Lockport Veterans 
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of Foreign Wars post and served as commander from 1984 to 1986; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, He owned a Model-T Ford as a member of the Antique 
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Automobile Association and began hooking rugs as a hobby later 
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in life; he also donated an antique hack from his family's 
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livery business to the Will County Historical Society; 
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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 Howard Adelmann; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Howard Adelmann as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.