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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of Harry J. Kinowski Jr., who passed away | ||||||
4 | on January 27, 2023; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Harry Kinowski was born on October 30, 1937; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Harry Kinowski began his career as a Village of | ||||||
7 | Niles employee in 1958 when he joined the public works | ||||||
8 | department and as a paid on call firefighter; he became a | ||||||
9 | full-time member of the Niles Fire Department in 1960 and | ||||||
10 | steadily rose through the ranks; he was appointed as chief of | ||||||
11 | the department in 1984 and directed the Niles Fire Department | ||||||
12 | for 22 years; he was an instrumental part of the Niles Fire | ||||||
13 | Department in his 46 years as a full-time member; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Harry Kinowski spearheaded numerous innovations | ||||||
15 | that have greatly improved the capabilities of the Niles Fire | ||||||
16 | Department; he was instrumental in reorganizing both the fire | ||||||
17 | prevention bureau and the training division; he was the | ||||||
18 | founder of the R.E.D. Center and was also one of the three | ||||||
19 | founding fire chiefs of the Northeastern Illinois Public | ||||||
20 | Safety Training Academy (NIPSTA), which now includes 17 | ||||||
21 | communities; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Harry Kinowski helped coordinate sending 900 area | ||||||
2 | personnel and 200 pieces of equipment to Louisiana in the wake | ||||||
3 | of Hurricane Katrina through the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System | ||||||
4 | (MABAS); and | ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, Harry Kinowski was a proud member of the Niles | ||||||
6 | Lions Club; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Harry Kinowski was the beloved husband of the | ||||||
8 | late Arlene (Speichert); the loving father of Beverly | ||||||
9 | Kinowski, Harry III (Sue) Kinowski, and Debra (Michael) | ||||||
10 | Perrella; the cherished papa of Stephen (Margaret) Cusick, | ||||||
11 | Christin (Mike) Mejia, Briana (Chris) Marazas, Nicole | ||||||
12 | Perrella, Katrina (Mike) Canevello, and Joey Kinowski; and the | ||||||
13 | dear great papa of Oliver Cusick and the late Michael | ||||||
14 | Canevello; therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
17 | Harry J. Kinowski Jr. and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
18 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
19 | further
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20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
21 | presented to the family of Harry Kinowski as an expression of | ||||||
22 | our deepest sympathy.
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