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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Henry E. "Hank" Buch, of McHenry, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on April 1, 2009; and
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5 | WHEREAS, He was born June 26, 1925, in McHenry, to Henry E. | ||||||
6 | and Mary (Freund) Buch; on September 23, 1950, he married Alice | ||||||
7 | C. Mlotkowski at St. Francis DeSales Church in Lake Zurich; and
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8 | WHEREAS, He was a lifetime resident of McHenry and | ||||||
9 | graduated from McHenry High School in 1943; immediately after | ||||||
10 | high school, he entered the United States Army Air Corps, where | ||||||
11 | he served as a training instructor; after his military service, | ||||||
12 | he attended architecture school in Chicago; after completing | ||||||
13 | school, he married Alice and joined his father in the family | ||||||
14 | business, H.E. Buch & Sons; after his father's death, he | ||||||
15 | continued to work in the heating and air conditioning | ||||||
16 | profession and later was joined in business by his son; he | ||||||
17 | retired in 1990; and
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18 | WHEREAS, He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in | ||||||
19 | McHenry since 1951; in addition, he was a volunteer firefighter | ||||||
20 | with McHenry Township Fire Protection District Co. I, for more | ||||||
21 | than 34 years; he remained an associate member of the | ||||||
22 | department after retiring from volunteer service; in addition |
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1 | to the fire department, he very much enjoyed working and | ||||||
2 | running his business, as well as being with his family; in his | ||||||
3 | younger years, he served as baseball coach for the Pigtail | ||||||
4 | League for his son and daughter; and after retirement, he | ||||||
5 | enjoyed puttering around his workshop, woodworking, and | ||||||
6 | tending to rental property; and
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7 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his | ||||||
8 | brother, Elbert Buch; his niece, Mary Buch; and his nephew, | ||||||
9 | David Buch; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Henry Buch is survived by his loving wife of 58 | ||||||
11 | years, Alice; his children, Kenneth (Linda) Buch, Nancy (Roy) | ||||||
12 | Stolzman, and Karen Young; his grandchildren, Christopher, | ||||||
13 | Nicole and Natalie Buch and Scott Young II; his | ||||||
14 | stepgrandchildren, Roy (Alyssa) Stolzman and Jim Stolzman; his | ||||||
15 | stepgreat-granddaughters, Ellie and Emma; his sisters, Kathryn | ||||||
16 | (the late Ernest) Lohr and Helen Bucho; his brother, Jerome | ||||||
17 | (Ethel) Buch; and a sister-in-law, Agens Buch; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
20 | his family and friends, the passing of Henry E. "Hank" Buch; | ||||||
21 | and be it further
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22 | RESOLVED, That That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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1 | presented to the family of Henry Buch as a symbol of our | ||||||
2 | sincere sympathy.
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