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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Robert "Bob" Schanks of Bolingbrook, who 
4passed away on February 17, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Bob Schanks was one of the "founding fathers" of 
6the Village of Bolingbrook, incorporating in 1965; he was 
7instrumental in launching a village-based police and fire 
8department and would park the first Bolingbrook police car in 
9his garage and go door-to-door selling raffle tickets to buy 
10the city's first fire equipment; he served as a trustee on the 
11village's first elected board before being appointed interim 
12mayor in 1967; he would later be elected mayor in 1969 and 
13retain that position until 1973; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Bob Schanks and his family settled in the newly 
15constructed Westbury subdivision in 1961; he worked for ComEd 
16in construction services and joined the Bolingbrook Home Owners 
17Association; and


  
 
18    WHEREAS, Bob Schanks was preceded in death by his sister, 
19Marilyn "Jean" Mitchell; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Bob Schanks is survived by his children, Jeffrey 
21(Pamela), Jerome (Donna), Timothy (Kathy), Joel (Miranda), and 
 
 
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1Daniel (Candy); his former wife, Patricia; his 12 
2grandchildren; his 3 great-grandchildren; and his brother, 
3Harold (Joan) Schanks; therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
6former Bolingbrook mayor Bob Schanks, and we extend our sincere 
7condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
8him; and be it further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to the family of Bob Schanks as an expression of our 
11deepest sympathy.