Full Text of HR0302 95th General Assembly
HR0302 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives is saddened | 3 |
| to learn of the passing of Rodney "Rocky" Rockenbach, formerly | 4 |
| of Grayslake, who passed away on March 30, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Rockenbach was born on June 5, 1917; he was | 6 |
| the eleventh born child to Almon and Elizabeth (Catlow) | 7 |
| Rockenbach; he graduated from Crystal Lake High School in 1935, | 8 |
| then attended one year of college at Northern Illinois | 9 |
| University, finishing his degree at night schools in Elgin and | 10 |
| Waukegan; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Rockenbach worked for his brother Robert at | 12 |
| Rockenbach Chevrolet Sales in Grayslake; after the death of his | 13 |
| brother in 1944 Mr. Rockenbach and his nephew Douglas purchased | 14 |
| Rockenbach Chevrolet Sales; he ran the business as President | 15 |
| until 1974 when he sold the business to his partner; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Rockenbach joined the Grayslake Volunteer | 17 |
| Fire Department in December 1944, was appointed Assistant Chief | 18 |
| in 1951 and became Chief in November 1954; he retired in | 19 |
| November 1993 as Chief after 48 years of service; in September | 20 |
| 1979, he became the first volunteer fire chief to become | 21 |
| President of the International Association of Fire Chiefs in | 22 |
| its 120 years of existence; he was also a member of the Lake |
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| County Fire Chiefs Association and the North Eastern Illinois | 2 |
| Fire Chiefs Association; he was past Director, past | 3 |
| Secretary-Treasurer, and past President of the South | 4 |
| Wisconsin-Northern Illinois Firemen's Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Rockenbach was very active in the Grayslake | 6 |
| community, participating in many local organizations; he was a | 7 |
| life member of the Grayslake Lions Club since 1944, serving as | 8 |
| President from 1951-1952 and as Treasurer from 2005-2006; he | 9 |
| was a charter member of the Grayslake Exchange Club and the | 10 |
| United Protestant Church; he was also a life member of the | 11 |
| Grayslake Historical Society; he served 28 consecutive years on | 12 |
| the Avon Township Board of Trustees; he was elected "Man of the | 13 |
| Year" by the Grayslake Jaycees, as well as receiving Lake | 14 |
| County's P.R.O.U.D. Award; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Rockenbach moved to the town of Bloomfield, | 16 |
| Wisconsin in May 1993; he served for 3 years as President of | 17 |
| the Tuscany Property Association; he also served on the | 18 |
| Bloomfield Public Works Committee, and was elected Supervisor | 19 |
| on the Town Board in 2000, serving as Supervisor until his | 20 |
| death; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Rockenbach was preceded in death by his | 22 |
| parents, Almon and Elizabeth (Catlow) Rockenbach; his | 23 |
| brothers, Robert, George, Joseph, Raymond, and Lyle; his |
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| sisters, Esther Mills, Ruth Hare, Elizabeth Wolf, and Shirley | 2 |
| Spear; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Rockenbach is survived by his wife, Doris; his | 4 |
| children, Cynthia Lee, Wayne (Karen) Rockenbach, Edward | 5 |
| (Nancy) Bluhm III, and Georgia (Steven) Fleming; his | 6 |
| grandchildren, Kathryn (James) Johnson, Jeffrey (Deborah) Lee, | 7 |
| Bryan (Jeanine) Lee, Kristin (Timothy) Mahoney, Carolyn | 8 |
| (Christopher) Sipiora, Kenneth Rockenbach, Edward Bluhm IV, | 9 |
| Alexandra, Zachary, and Ryan Fleming; his great grandchildren, | 10 |
| Michael Knight, Tyler and Trevor Santi, Tiffany, Jack Rodney | 11 |
| and Abigail Lee, William, Grace, Chloe Mahoney, Eric, Emma, | 12 |
| Marlee and Avery Sipiora; his sisters, Mary Knox, Dorothy | 13 |
| Forsythe, Sarah Belcher; his brother Philip Rockenbach; his | 14 |
| many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Rodney | 18 |
| "Rocky" Rockenbach; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of Rodney "Rocky" Rockenbach as an | 21 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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