SR0793 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Louis F. Cainkar of Evergreen Park, who passed away on April 20, 2010; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Cainkar was born in 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri, the youngest son of Slovene immigrants; he studied law at DePaul University and graduated magna cum laude in 1937; at DePaul he met Ruth Hendershott, who became his wife of more than 60 years; after graduation, Mr. Cainkar joined a law firm, where he handled insurance and personal injury cases, before forming his own firm; and

WHEREAS, He served in the Marine Corps during World War II, achieving the rank of major; in November of 1943, he fought in the Battle of Tarawa, an island in the Pacific Ocean, where more than 3,000 Marines lost their lives; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Cainkar founded his law firm in the newly formed village of Evergreen Park in 1951; h became the village attorney that year and began practicing municipal law; he guided the village through the postwar population boom and the development of one of the nation's first shopping malls, Evergreen Plaza; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Cainkar's firm, including two of his sons, became one of the more prominent municipal law firms in the Southland, representing suburbs such as Hickory Hills, Alsip, and Oak Lawn as well as many park and library districts and Moraine Valley Community College; and

WHEREAS, Louis Cainkar was the son of the Slovene National Benefit Society President Vincent Cainkar and his wife, the late Luisa; he was the beloved husband for nearly sixty years of the late Ruth (Lawler Hendershot) and the loving father of Vincent (Cathy), Joseph, James (Donna), Louise (Hassan Mashrah), and Michael (Toni); the beloved grandfather of Joseph, Brooke, Paul, Craig, Max, Carmen, Ryan, Anwar, and Walid; the dear brother of Lillian Cainkar Zasadil, Vincent and Leo Cainkar, and Robert Sannemann; and the fond uncle of Donald Clarke and Judy Zasadil Nelson; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Louis Cainkar; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Louis Cainkar as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.