SR0521 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of John M. Wulfers, who passed away on December 2, 2011; and

WHEREAS, John Manning Wulfers was born on April 28, 1947, in Morristown, New Jersey; he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and from the Southern Methodist University School of Law; he began his legal career as a felony trial prosecutor in Rochester, New York, before moving to Chicago and entering private law practice in the Loop; and

WHEREAS, For 30 years until his retirement at the end of 2010, Mr. Wulfers represented reinsurers and insurers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and continental Europe who faced enormous financial pressures from the nationwide toxic tort litigation, massive surety claims, and other complex commercial disputes; and

WHEREAS, He loved traveling with his beloved wife, Nancy, all over the United States and to many foreign countries; he loved fly fishing in Montana, deep sea fishing in Hawaii, and Arizona spring training trips with his son, Ted; he and his wife supported Chicago's performing arts and enjoyed musical performances in cities throughout the United States and abroad; and

WHEREAS, He was a passionate sports enthusiast, attending numerous NFL Championships and Super Bowls, the World Series, NCAA Final Four, soccer's World Cup Final and England's FA Cup Final, Triple Crown Thoroughbred races, PGA major championships, and Ryder Cup matches; he and his father were 50-year season ticket holders of the New York Football Giants; throughout his life, he relished playing many of the world's greatest golf courses and enjoyed attending Big 10 football games, avidly supporting his wife's Northwestern Wildcats and his own beloved Wisconsin Badgers; and

WHEREAS, He served in a United States Navy aviation squadron that tracked foreign nuclear submarines throughout the North Atlantic in the late 1960s; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, John W. Wulfers; and

WHEREAS, John Wulfers is survived by his beloved wife, Nancy; his son, Ted; his mother, Dorothy; and his sister, Melinda Russell (James); therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of John Wulfers; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of John Wulfers as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.