Full Text of SR1695 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Mark Edward Badasch of Collinsville, who | 4 | | passed away on April 29, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mark Badasch was born in St. Louis, Missouri to | 6 | | Gerhard M. "Jerry" and Fay R. (Jaffee) Badasch on November 3, | 7 | | 1947; his family moved to Southern California, where he | 8 | | graduated from Westchester High School in 1965; in high school, | 9 | | he was an avid musician; after high school, he joined the | 10 | | United States Navy Reserves and attended Submarine School; in | 11 | | 1968, he attended George Williams College in Downers Grove, | 12 | | Illinois and majored in Group Work and Recreation; he married | 13 | | Ann Shawler on September 20, 1969; he earned his bachelor's | 14 | | degree in recreation from Indiana State University in 1973; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Mark Badasch began his career as the Assistant | 16 | | Superintendent of Recreation for the Pekin Park District; he | 17 | | was also the Youth Program Director and Camp Manager for | 18 | | Neighborhood House in Peoria; he was hired as the Executive | 19 | | Director of the first county park district in the state of | 20 | | Illinois, Clark County, in 1977; he was instrumental in the | 21 | | development of Mill Creek Park; in 1979, he accepted the | 22 | | position of Director of Parks and Recreation in Roxana, where | 23 | | he served for 15 years and was also a volunteer firefighter and |
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| 1 | | a member of the Roxana School Board; in 1994, he was named | 2 | | Executive Director for the Collinsville Area Recreation | 3 | | District (CARD); he was instrumental in the development of | 4 | | SplashCity, Willoughby Heritage Farm, and Arlington Heights | 5 | | Golf Course; he retired in 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mark Badasch dedicated his time to building | 7 | | relationships and improving the community through membership | 8 | | in the Wood River Rotary Club, the Kiwanis, the Southern | 9 | | Illinois Parks and Recreation Association (SIPRA), the | 10 | | Illinois Parks and Recreation Association (IPRA), where he was | 11 | | president from 1998 until 1999, and the Illinois Association of | 12 | | Park Districts (IAPD); and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In retirement, Mark Badasch enjoyed traveling | 14 | | with his wife, including a trip overseas to visit his daughter | 15 | | in Jerusalem and to study genealogy in Berlin, Germany and | 16 | | Poland; he became an avid volunteer, and eventually Director, | 17 | | at the Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum in Cahokia and | 18 | | was on the board for the Cahokia Mounds Society; he enjoyed | 19 | | singing in a barbershop quartet, antiquing with his wife, | 20 | | collecting sulfide marbles, and admiring cars; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Mark Badasch was preceded in death by his father | 22 | | and his father-in-law, Lyman K. Shawler; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mark Badasch is survived by his mother; his wife, | 2 | | Ann; his children, Michael (Rose), Joshuah (Sarah), and Megan | 3 | | Badasch; his grandsons, Jerry and Greyson; his step-grandsons, | 4 | | David, Christian, and Zachary Mundy; his step-great-grandson, | 5 | | Levi Mundy; his mother-in-law, Doris E. Shawler; his | 6 | | stepmother, Shirley Head; his step siblings, Tim, Kevin, Shaun, | 7 | | and Erin Gallagher and Kellie Gallagher-White; and his many | 8 | | step-nieces, nephews, and extended family; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Mark Edward Badasch and extend our sincere condolences to his | 12 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Mark Badasch as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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