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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of George Robert Archdale of Waukegan, who
4 passed away on March 6, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born March 27, 1917 in Waukegan and
6 remained a lifelong resident; he was a member of St. Dismas
7 Church in Waukegan; he attended St. Joseph's School before
8 joining the United States Navy and trained at Great Lakes in
9 1941; during World War II he served on the USS Manila Bay until
10 his Honorable Discharge in 1945; and
 
11     WHEREAS, He returned to Waukegan to become a business
12 partner with his brother Ted at Ted's Tavern; on September 21,
13 1946 he married Gloria Palmer; in 1955 he opened Archdale's
14 Restaurant, a Waukegan landmark, which he owned and operated
15 for over 30 years; after selling Archdale's in 1979 he went to
16 Tucson, Arizona where he received his GED, returned to Lake
17 County, and received his Associates Degree in real estate sales
18 from the College of Lake County; after receiving his license he
19 went to work at Kucera Realty in Waukegan; he also worked as a
20 bartender at Bertrand's Bowling Lanes in Waukegan; and
 
21     WHEREAS, He was a community leader who belonged to Knights
22 of Columbus Waukegan Council 731, where he was a 3rd Degree; he

 

 

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1 was a lifetime member of the Waukegan Exchange Club; he was
2 past president of the Lake County Tavern Owner's Association
3 for 4 years; and he was a member of the draft board, American
4 Legion Post 281 for over 60 years; he was active in the
5 American Alzheimer's Association and spent time with other
6 Alzheimer's residents; and
 
7     WHEREAS, George Archdale was preceded in death by his wife,
8 Gloria; his parents, Walter and Anna (nee Bomkamp) Archdale;
9 his brothers, Theodore and Walter Archdale; and his sister,
10 Mary Archdale; and
 
11     WHEREAS, George Archdale is survived by his son, Robert
12 (Sandra) Archdale; his sister, Virginia Gould; his niece and
13 nephews, Carol Butkus, Raymond Butkus, and Phillip (Judy)
14 Archdale; his great-nieces and nephew, Tammy, Kathy, and Ted;
15 his special cousin, Robert Nimsgern; his other loving
16 relatives, Lucille Walters, Donna Hairell, Jane Mason, Kent
17 Smith, and Nancy Stehno; and his dear cat, Gizmo; therefore, be
18 it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
20 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
21 his family and friends, the passing of George Robert Archdale;
22 and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of George Robert Archdale as a symbol
3 of our sincere sympathy.