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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 John Stolarz of Batavia, who passed away | ||||||
| 4 | on October 29, 2009; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, He was born November 12, 1911, in Passaic, New | ||||||
| 6 | Jersey, the son of Polish immigrants who arrived in the United | ||||||
| 7 | States via Ellis Island; his birth was an interesting one, as | ||||||
| 8 | his mother went into labor while doing the polka at a local | ||||||
| 9 | dance, which may explain his love for the dance; he graduated | ||||||
| 10 | from Rutherford High School in 1932, where he enjoyed theater | ||||||
| 11 | and sports; he graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in | ||||||
| 12 | Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1936 with a degree in psychology and | ||||||
| 13 | a minor in religious studies; he played on the school's | ||||||
| 14 | football team as a running back, playing against such notable | ||||||
| 15 | opponents as Vince Lombardi; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, His first job as a young man was selling potatoes | ||||||
| 17 | from a wagon; after college, he worked in sales for DeWalt | ||||||
| 18 | Tools and Delta Faucets; he later took a job in Washington, | ||||||
| 19 | D.C., working for the Department of Defense where he helped | ||||||
| 20 | design and build pre-fabricated barracks that went up in World | ||||||
| 21 | War II to house troops; although he was a pacifist, he helped | ||||||
| 22 | rebuild Europe as part of the Marshall Plan where he was | ||||||
| 23 | integral in distributing tools and machinery; he showed small | ||||||
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| 1 | groups of displaced peoples how to construct moveable workshops | ||||||
| 2 | inside delivery trucks; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, After his time in Europe, he returned home and | ||||||
| 4 | found work in Milwaukee and met Dorothy Naleway; in 1951, they | ||||||
| 5 | were married; John and Dorothy moved to Batavia in 1962, where | ||||||
| 6 | he was recruited by Sears to be a sales manager; he retired | ||||||
| 7 | from that position in 1975; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Upon retirement, he became an active member of the | ||||||
| 9 | Batavia political community; in 1983, he was elected as an | ||||||
| 10 | alderman, serving the 1st Ward for two terms until 1991; during | ||||||
| 11 | that time he oversaw the construction of a playground in the | ||||||
| 12 | Woodland Hills subdivision; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, John was preceded in death by his parents; his | ||||||
| 14 | beloved wife, Dorothy; and his daughter, Joan Kunzler; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, John Stolarz is survived by his loving children, | ||||||
| 16 | Janet Althouse, Jean Sheffer, Ron Stolarz, and Jade (Richard) | ||||||
| 17 | Oliver; his seven grandchildren; his ten great-grandchildren; | ||||||
| 18 | his sister, Mildred Sanzare; his brother, Matt Stolarz; and an | ||||||
| 19 | amazing amount of dear friends; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 21 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
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| 1 | his family and friends, the passing of John Stolarz; and be it | ||||||
| 2 | further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to the family of John Stolarz as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 5 | sincere sympathy.
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