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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 John Eugene Fry of Naperville, who passed 
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away on May 8, 2010; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, John Fry was a lifelong Naperville resident; he 
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graduated from Naperville High School, where he was a champion 
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Trombone player; he attended North Central College; and he sang 
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in a men's octet that toured the western United States; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He served as an Army medic in the Pacific Theater 
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during World War II and received a Bronze Star for his bravery; 
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after the war he married Laurabelle and they lived in Michigan 
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while he attended Cleary Business College; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He co-founded Fry Brothers Realty with his two 
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brothers in the mid-1950s; the company built more than 3,000 
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homes in the Naperville and Plainfield area; in the 1980s he 
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formed Fry Properties and went on to build the Tamarack Golf 
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Club and a subdivision with the same name; and

  
 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Fry was a member of the Knox Presbyterian 
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Church in Naperville and was a former president of the 
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Naperville Council of Churches; in retirement he wrote a 
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collection of short stories from his youth; and
  
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Laurabelle; 
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and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, John Fry is survived by his sons, Alan and Gordon; 
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his brother, Robert; his nine grandchildren; and his ten 
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great-grandchildren; therefore, be 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 family and friends, the passing of John Fry; and be it 
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further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of John Fry as a symbol of our sincere 
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sympathy.