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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 Edward H. |
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| Fauth of Aurora, who passed away on October 3, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Aurora on October 22, 1922, the son |
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| of Edward H. and Martha J. (Westphal) Fauth; after graduating |
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| from East High School of Aurora, Ed began working for |
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| Barber-Greene Company; he served with the 477th Railroad |
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| Battalion of the United States Army in World War II, which was |
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| involved in the Battle of the Bulge; and
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| WHEREAS, He returned to Barber-Greene after the war and |
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| stayed with the company for 31 years; during this time he |
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| completed his education in mechanical engineering with degrees |
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| from Michigan State University (B.S.) and the Illinois |
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| Institute of Technology (M.S.); he then became Dean of |
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| Community Services with Waubonsee Community College where he |
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| worked until his retirement in 1987; during his tenure there he |
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| completed an advanced degree in higher education from Nova |
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| University (Ed.D.); and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to his employment Ed was very active |
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| in multiple community organizations, including the East Aurora |
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| District 131 School Board, Aurora YMCA, Aurora Economic |
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| Development Commission, Aurora Urban League, Aurora Home Rule |
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| and Revenue Sharing Committee, Aurora Labor-Management |
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| Committee, Kane Kendall County Mental Health Center, Kane |
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| County Community Action Agency, United Way, and the Rotary |
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| International Club of Aurora; he was the first District |
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| Governor of Rotary from the Aurora Noon Rotary Club; he also |
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| was active in the local and national societies of Professional |
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| Engineers; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his |
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| brothers, Ralph (Doris) and Robert (Naomi); and his sister, |
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| Dorothy; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward Fauth is survived by his wife of 63 years, |
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| Frances, nee Miller; his brothers, Carl (Dorothy) and William |
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| (JoAnn); his sister, Marion (Roland) Bolly; his children, Dr. |
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| Gregory (Geralyn) Fauth, Mary (Gregory) Kushner, Dr. Linda |
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| (Jeffrey) Sanborn, and Anne (Peter) Sparling; his 15 |
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| grandchildren, Wade, Riley, and McKenzie Fauth, Nicole (Paul) |
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| Plzak, Jill, and Laura Doran, Katie (Tony) Hernandez, Adam |
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| (Yoko), and Charles Kushner, Casey, Blake, and Peter Sanborn, |
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| and Jaime, Megan, and Sam Sparling, and Jose Daniel Nasta, a |
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| Paraguayan exchange student member of the family and his |
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| children, Rodrigo, Martin, and Maria; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |