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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Elmer A. Dagenais of Naperville, who |
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| passed away on May 7, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Elmer A. Dagenais was born in Naperville, grew up |
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| in both Naperville and Lisle, and graduated from Naperville |
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| High School; in 1939, he married his wife of 59 years, Johanna, |
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| who passed away ten years ago; he married his second wife, |
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| Marilyn, in 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, He began working with the Kroehler Manufacturing |
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| Company in the mailroom at the age of 15 and retired in 1978 as |
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| the executive vice president, but remained with the company as |
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| a consultant for two years; and |
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| WHEREAS, From 1945 to 1946, he served with the United |
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| States Army Air Forces in the Pacific theater during World Ward |
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| II; after his discharge, he returned to work with Kroehler |
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| Manufacturing Company, where over the next 30 years he worked |
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| for the product control and traffic departments, moving with |
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| his family at various points to help manage its manufacturing |
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| plants in New York and California; during his career with |
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| Kroehler, Mr. Dagenais served on the board of trustees of |
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| Naperville National Bank, Firststar Bank in Naperville, and |