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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate  John W. Mochel, Jr. on the 
4occasion of his 90th birthday on May 4, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, John Mochel, Jr. was born May 4, 1926 in Chicago; 
6his parents are John W. Mochel, Sr. and Ollun Mochel; he 
7married Doris Hawk on June 12, 1948; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, John Mochel, Jr. attended Downers Grove schools, 
9graduating from Downers Grove High School in May of 1944; the 
10day after his graduation, he reported to the Great Lakes Naval 
11Station; he returned home from the Pacific theater in June of 
121946; he later attended Denison University in Granville, Ohio 
13and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, In 1957, John Mochel, Jr. became a partner with 
15his father at Mochel's Hardware; upon the death of his father 
16in 1960, he became the sole owner of the business until he 
17closed the store in 1995; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, John Mochel, Jr. served many years on the boards 
19for the Downers Grove YMCA, the Downers Grove Library, and 
20Citizens National Bank; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, John Mochel, Jr. is the father of Leslie (Craig) 
2A. Rueckert, Linda (Tom) Paulsen, Cynthia Mochel, and Lawrence 
3Mochel; the grandfather of Adrienne (John) Cozza Moore, Drew 
4Moler (Heather Turner), Amanda (Brian) Calimano, and 
5Christopher (Chad Burgess) Rueckert; and the great-grandfather 
6of Paloma Moore, Jack Moore, and Brienne Calimano; therefore, 
7be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
9NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
10congratulate John W. Mochel, Jr. on the occasion of his 90th 
11birthday and wish him many happy and healthy years to come; and 
12be it further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to John Mochel, Jr. as a symbol of our esteem and 
15respect.