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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Harold Richard Eckerstrom, who passed 
4away on August 7, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Harold Eckerstrom was born on March 4, 1918 to 
6Charles and Lena Eckerstrom in Waukegan; he was a World War II 
7veteran, serving in the Pacific Theater as a Navy Seabee; he 
8married Mildred Bell on December 29, 1956 in Crown Point, 
9Indiana; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Harold Eckerstrom retired from Amco Tool in North 
11Chicago; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Harold Eckerstrom was a member of the American 
13Legion Post 771 in Gurnee and the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 
14Waukegan; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Harold Eckerstrom was preceded in death by his 
16parents; his sisters, Mildred Schoenke, Irene Kleinert, 
17Dorothy Piispanen, Gladys Wilson, and Helen Smith; his brother, 
18Melvin Eckerstrom; his nieces, Joyce Proctor and Nancy Godfrey; 
19and his nephews, Melvin Eckerstrom, Jr. and James Kleinert; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Harold Eckerstrom is survived by his daughters, 
 
 
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1Katherine (John) Hall and Gail Eldridge; his grandchildren, 
2Jenny (Ken) Morse, Kelly (Mark) Godzecki, and Dawn (Rolando) 
3Pulido; his great-grandchildren, Kendra Morse, Hailey 
4Godzecki, and Roman and Royce Pulido; his nieces, Renee (Marv) 
5Piekle, June (Soren) Jensen, Sandra (Dave) Pedersen, Sharon 
6Wimsatt, and Mary Wilkes; and his nephew, Marvin Smith; 
7therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
10Harold Richard Eckerstrom, and extend our sincere condolences 
11to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be 
12it further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to the family of Harold Eckerstrom as an expression 
15of our deepest sympathy.