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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 our colleague and friend, former Illinois |
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| State Senator Richard "Dick" Klemm of Crystal Lake; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard Oren "Dick" Klemm was born May 5, 1932 in |
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| Chicago to Oren and Edythe (Neilsen) Klemm; he married Nancy |
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| Havrilka on April 3, 1993 in Springfield;
as a youth, he |
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| achieved the rank of Eagle Scout; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a graduate of Purdue University and was a |
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| veteran of the United States Army, serving from 1955 until |
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| 1962, he also served in the Air Force Reserves; he was a member |
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| of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1980-1993 and the |
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| Illinois Senate from 1993 until his retirement on February 10, |
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| 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, While in the Illinois Senate, he served as |
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| Chairman of the prestigious Senate Executive Committee, and |
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| served on the Local Government, Elections, and the Commerce and |
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| Industry Committees; in addition, he served as Co-Chairman of |
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| the Legislative Printing Unit; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to serving in the Illinois House, he was |
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| elected to positions in Nunda Township, served as the president |
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| of the District 46 Board of Education, was elected to the |
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| McHenry County Board and then served as Chairman, passing the |
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| first developer donation ordinance to preserve farmland and |
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| control growth, and he was Chairman of the first McHenry County |
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| Economic Development Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, He was recognized by countless community service |
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| organizations for his civic contributions; in 1972, he |
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| purchased F.W.E. (Food Warming Equipment Company); F.W.E. was |
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| founded in the late 1940s by his father; Senator Klemm operated |
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| F.W.E. as President until selling the company in 2005 to his |
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| close friend and business partner, Deron Lichte; he assumed the |
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| role of chief executive officer and chairman of the board until |
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| his passing; recognized for his innovation, he received five |
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| U.S. patents; and he oversaw the move of F.W.E. manufacturing |
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| from Elk Grove Village to Crystal Lake in 1982, as well as |
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| several expansions of the manufacturing facility; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and
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| WHEREAS, Former Senator Richard Klemm is survived by his |
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| beloved wife of 17 years, Nancy; his four sons, James (Tammy) |
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| Skerston, Jack (Lori) Skerston, Michael Havrilka, and David |
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| (Sarah) Havrilka; his three daughters, Susan (Jeff) Johnston, |
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| Kaye (Kevin) Krimmel, and Jamie (Dave) Howe; his 17 |
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| grandchildren; his sister, DeLoris (Rick) Tull; his niece, |
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| Debbie Hoffman; and his nephew, Charles Gauger; therefore, be |
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| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his friends, family, and former constituents, the passing of |
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| former State Senator Richard "Dick" Klemm; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of former State Senator Richard "Dick" |
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| Klemm as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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