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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Stanley M. Koch of Marengo, who passed
4away on June 21, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Stanley Koch was born on January 4, 1924 in
6Hinckley; his parents were William F. and Sarah Koch; he
7married Lucille E. Ackman on February 17, 1945 at Trinity
8Lutheran Church in Huntley; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Stanley Koch graduated from Dundee High School in
101942 and was drafted into the United States Marine Corps on
11February 9, 1943; he studied at the Navy Pier in Chicago and
12became an aviation mechanic with the rank of Staff Sergeant; he
13spent the remainder of his service stationed at Miramar Marine
14Base in California, where he trained recruits to work on the
15Corsair aircraft; and
 
16    WHEREAS, After the war, Stanley Koch worked at Dean Foods
17in Huntley, where he was on the team that developed the
18company's pasteurization and homogenization process; he was
19later employed at Union Special, where he retired after 32
20years as a machinist; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Stanley Koch was an active and founding member of

 

 

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1Huntley American Legion Post 673; he was the last veteran from
2World War II in the American Legion Post in the Huntley
3community; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Stanley Koch and his wife were members of the
5Wisconsin Polka Club of Milwaukee and danced their way across
6the Midwest; they also enjoyed watching their grandchildren's
7sports and activities; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Stanley Koch was preceded in death by his parents;
9his loving wife, Lucille; his sisters, Velma Schuring and Lois
10McMillan; and his brothers, Laverne and Willard; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Stanley Koch is survived by his children, Connie
12(Eric) Mychko, Linda (James) Zielinski, Gloria (James)
13McLauchlan, and William (Christine); his grandchildren, Amy
14(James) Novak, James (Mandy) Rosenthal, Jenna Mychko, Bryan
15(Megan) Borchart, Brett (Amy) Borchart, Michael (Emily)
16McLauchlan, Matthew (Jaime) Koch, Tiffany (Casey) Loflin, and
17William M. Koch; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great
18grandchild; and many loving nieces and nephews; therefore, be
19it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
21ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
22family and friends, mourn the passing of Stanley M. Koch; and

 

 

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1be it further
 
2    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3presented to the family of Stanley Koch as an expression of our
4sympathy.