Full Text of HR0829 93rd General Assembly
HR0829 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Lifelong southwest Rockford resident and tireless | 3 |
| civic servant Frank George St. Angel of Rockford passed away on | 4 |
| March 28, 2003; he was born June 10, 1921 in Rockford, the son | 5 |
| of Jasper and Giacomina St. Angel; he married Constance Monica | 6 |
| Achilli on April 19, 1958; Frank earned a B.A. in history in | 7 |
| 1943 from the University of Illinois and an M.A. in | 8 |
| international relations in 1949 from the University of Chicago; | 9 |
| he served in the China-Burma-India Theater during WWII, earning | 10 |
| the U.S. Army Bronze Star Medal for exceptional duty in | 11 |
| developing a key counterintelligence strategy for use against | 12 |
| the Japanese armed forces; Frank continued to serve his country | 13 |
| in the U.S. Army Reserves for many years after the war until | 14 |
| eventually retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel; after his father's | 15 |
| death, Frank took over his role as a leader of Rockford's | 16 |
| Italian-American community and the real estate and insurance | 17 |
| business he started in 1910; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank continually sought out opportunities to | 19 |
| serve and better the community; in 1956, he served as Chairman | 20 |
| of the Rockford Civil Service Commission and in 1960 he was | 21 |
| Chairman of the Rockford Human Relations Commission; he was a | 22 |
| member of the city zoning Board of Appeals, and he served from | 23 |
| 1961 to 1967 on the Rockford Board of Education; Frank was | 24 |
| Chairman of the U.S. Bicentennial Commission for Winnebago | 25 |
| County; in 1975, he was Co-Chairman of the Greater Rockford | 26 |
| Columbus Day Committee; between 1961 and 1978, he served on the | 27 |
| Winnebago County Board, serving as Chairman from 1974 to 1978 | 28 |
| and was honored for leadership in striving for high ideals and | 29 |
| progressive reform; from 1981 to 1999, Frank served as a | 30 |
| member, vice-president, and president of the Rock River Water | 31 |
| Reclamation District Board of Trustees; he held leadership | 32 |
| positions in the American Red Cross, the American Cancer | 33 |
| Society, the United Way, Crime Stoppers of Rockford, the | 34 |
| Rockford Park District, the Winnebago County and Rockford |
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| Action Committees, the Illinois Youth Commission, the Rockford | 2 |
| Public Library Foundation, the Rockford College Board of | 3 |
| Counselors, and the Rockford Board of Realtors; he was | 4 |
| president of the Southside Community Projects Association and | 5 |
| an organizer and first chairman of the Head Start Program in | 6 |
| Rockford; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1978, Frank was awarded, by command of the | 8 |
| President of Italy, the title of Cavaliere (or Knight) and was | 9 |
| inducted into the Italian Order of the Star of Solidarity; the | 10 |
| Italian Consulate General presented Frank with this honor for | 11 |
| distinguished community service and acting pro-bono ombudsman | 12 |
| in efforts to reunite the families of post-WWII Italian | 13 |
| immigrants in Rockford; Frank served as the President of | 14 |
| Rockford Vigo Lodge Order Sons of Italy, received the Italian | 15 |
| Folk Art Federation Award in 1995, and was named | 16 |
| Italian-American Father of the Year in 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, A lifelong member of St. Anthony Church and nephew | 18 |
| to founder, Father Anthony Marchesano, Frank served as Lector, | 19 |
| Usher, President of the Parish Council, and, in 1954, the | 20 |
| President of the Holy Name Society; he also was a Trustee of | 21 |
| the church, an Extraordinary Minister, and a member of the | 22 |
| Knights of Columbus; and
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| WHEREAS, For his exceptional civic service, he received | 24 |
| many awards, including the City of Rockford Citizen of the Year | 25 |
| Award, the University of Chicago's Distinguished Public | 26 |
| Service Award in 1983, and the Rotary Club Service Above Self | 27 |
| Award; in 2002, the Mayor of Rockford named him a Rockford | 28 |
| Sesquicentennial Futurist; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 30 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 31 |
| recognize Frank G. St. Angel for his many achievements during | 32 |
| his lifetime and his work to make Rockford a better place; and |
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| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to Frank's widow, Constance M. St. Angel, as an | 4 |
| expression of our esteem.
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