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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Jack L. Ostrem of Joliet; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was born on June 23, 1931 to Arthur K. |
| 5 | | and Adeline (nee Rossi) Ostrem; he graduated from Joliet |
| 6 | | Township High School (JTHS) in 1949 and attended Bradley |
| 7 | | University and Joliet Jr. College (JJC); and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was employed by the Chicago Newspaper |
| 9 | | Agency for 10 years, United States Rubber, Joliet Arsenal, and |
| 10 | | the Argonne National Laboratory; he retired as a warehouse |
| 11 | | supervisor from Northern Petrochemical/Lyondell in Morris, |
| 12 | | with 23 years of service; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was always interested in sports and |
| 14 | | high school and college football teams; he was JTHS wrestling |
| 15 | | team captain, Central AAU Conference Wrestling Champion, Lt. |
| 16 | | heavyweight, 1949, and Captain of the first JJC football team; |
| 17 | | he coached Joliet Park District baseball teams and the YMCA |
| 18 | | wrestling team, including 2 years as State Champions; he was a |
| 19 | | sports writer for the Joliet Herald News and Spectator |
| 20 | | newspapers; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was a Friend of Bill W. for over 40 |
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| 1 | | years, a lifetime member of the Joliet Alano Club, a past |
| 2 | | delegate to the National Institute on Aging, Panel 34, East |
| 3 | | Central Region Trustee, 1997-2001, and Alcoholics Anonymous |
| 4 | | World Services Chair; he was a past board member of The Joliet |
| 5 | | Halfway House (now Stepping Stones) and the South Suburban |
| 6 | | Council on Alcoholism, volunteering there for 25 years; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was preceded in death by his son, John |
| 8 | | Ross Ostrem; his parents; his brother, Phillip Ostrem; and his |
| 9 | | mother-in-law, Edith (Pence B.) Orr; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem is survived by his wife of 65 years, |
| 11 | | Emita Orr Ostrem; his daughter, Dawn (Charles) Fitzgerald; his |
| 12 | | daughter-in-law, Deena Ostrem Brown; his nephews, Paul (Linda) |
| 13 | | Ostrem, Tom (Judy) Ostrem, and Tim Ostrem; and his cousins, |
| 14 | | Marilyn Capasse (Robert) Verden, Deloras Wilmette, Virginia |
| 15 | | Rossi Zupancic, and Douglas Ostrem; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 18 | | Jack L. Ostrem, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
| 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 20 | | further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Jack Ostrem as an expression of our |