Full Text of SR0171 94th General Assembly
SR0171 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of David G. Johnson of | 4 |
| Romeoville, and a former Hinsdale village trustee, on April 1, | 5 |
| 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson was born and raised in Franklin, | 7 |
| Indiana; he left high school to join the Marine Corps Artillery | 8 |
| Unit and served in the Pacific campaigns and in China
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| World War II; he was extremely proud of his service in the | 10 |
| Marine Corps; he always felt it was an obligation to serve your | 11 |
| country, if not in the military, then in some capacity; he | 12 |
| passed that all along to everyone in the family; and
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| WHEREAS, He moved to La Grange after his discharge and | 14 |
| completed his high school education at Lyons Township Junior | 15 |
| College; in 1946, he married his high school sweetheart, | 16 |
| Barbara, and they moved briefly to Western Springs before | 17 |
| settling in Hinsdale in the late 1940s; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1948 to 1953, he worked full time for | 19 |
| Illinois Bell, part-time with Montgomery Ward, and attended | 20 |
| DePaul University; he retired in 1981 from Illinois Bell as | 21 |
| executive information supervisor and went into public-opinion | 22 |
| research at Data Que International as vice-president of | 23 |
| information resource planning; soon thereafter, he opened | 24 |
| David G. Johnson and Associates from 1983 to 1985; and
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| WHEREAS, When his wife was stricken with polio in 1954, he | 26 |
| relied heavily on the March of Dimes, and after his wife | 27 |
| recovered, he did not forget their generosity and emotional | 28 |
| support and devoted a large amount of time to the organization | 29 |
| and served as chairman of the DuPage County March of Dimes from | 30 |
| 1956 to 1959; and
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| WHEREAS, His commitment to the community spread beyond the | 2 |
| March of Dimes; from 1959 to 1963, he was a member of the | 3 |
| Hinsdale Planning Commission; in 1968, he took on a two-year | 4 |
| term as a member of the Hinsdale Park and Recreation Committee; | 5 |
| he was elected to the Hinsdale Village Board in 1971 and served | 6 |
| for four years; and
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| WHEREAS, He then became a member of the Hinsdale Fire and | 8 |
| Police Commission and was the chairman from 1976 to 1981; | 9 |
| during that time, he also served on the Hinsdale Foundation; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson was also the former president of the | 12 |
| Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce and Hinsdale Rotary Club; he was | 13 |
| the former chairman of the Hinsdale Junior Achievement Center; | 14 |
| he was also heavily involved in the Boy Scout organization and | 15 |
| was selected scoutmaster for the National Scout Jamboree in | 16 |
| 1969; and
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| WHEREAS, After decades of working and commuting to downtown | 18 |
| Chicago, Mr. Johnson retired to Mountain Home, Arkansas, in | 19 |
| 1985; he and his wife later moved to Beason, but settled in | 20 |
| Romeoville in 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of David G. Johnson is felt by all who | 22 |
| knew and loved him, especially his wife, Barbara; his sons, | 23 |
| Jerry, Jeff, and Jay; his daughters, Katherine Busch and Chris | 24 |
| Johnson; his brother, Richard; and his 11 grandchildren and 11 | 25 |
| great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 27 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 28 |
| David G. Johnson and extend our sincerest condolences to his | 29 |
| family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 2 |
| sympathy.
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