Full Text of SR0285 95th General Assembly
SR0285 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Clifford E. Dienberg of Oak Park, who | 4 |
| passed away on June 28, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dienberg was born on the South Side of Chicago | 6 |
| and moved with his family to his grandfather's farm in | 7 |
| Wisconsin just before he started high school; after his | 8 |
| graduation from Washington High School in Oconto, Wisconsin, | 9 |
| Mr. Dienberg returned to Chicago; in 1969, he opened his own | 10 |
| small business, C.E. Dienberg Printing Co., which is now on | 11 |
| Madison Street in Oak Park and run by one of Mr. Dienberg's | 12 |
| sons; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dienberg became an ordained deacon in 1979; he | 14 |
| served as a chaplain at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park for | 15 |
| 18 years and did substitute duties as a chaplain at Loyola | 16 |
| Medical Center in Maywood; he served at Ascension Catholic | 17 |
| Church in Oak Park, St. Vincent Ferrer in River Forest, St. | 18 |
| Odilo in Berwyn, St. Luke in River Forest, and St. Mary of | 19 |
| Celle in Berwyn; he offered bereavement and grief counseling, | 20 |
| and brought retreats and scripture studies to the | 21 |
| congregations; he also was on the Diaconate Community Council | 22 |
| for two terms in the 1980s; and
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| WHEREAS, Clifford E. Dienberg served as a deacon for the | 2 |
| Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, where his focus was helping | 3 |
| those in need; Mr. Dienberg served at several area churches as | 4 |
| a deacon and as a chaplain at two hospitals; as rural life | 5 |
| director for the archdiocese, Mr. Dienberg reached out to and | 6 |
| helped draw in farmers in rural McHenry County and represented | 7 |
| the archdiocese on farming issues before government officials | 8 |
| in Springfield; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Dienberg served as a board member of Heifer | 10 |
| International, a global non-profit group that works toward | 11 |
| ending hunger and poverty through gifts of livestock, training, | 12 |
| and technical support to families in need; and
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| WHEREAS, Clifford E. Dienberg was the beloved husband of | 14 |
| Lauretta; the loving father of Denise (Patrick) Helmers, Gayle | 15 |
| (Bill) Love, Sue (Andre) Winkler, and Laurie (Jay) Hoppe, | 16 |
| Steve, Clifford (Regina), Craig, David (Jennifer), and the late | 17 |
| Mark Dienberg; the beloved brother of his twin sister, Kay | 18 |
| Dienberg; the devoted grandfather of Michael, Tim, Kate, John, | 19 |
| Jenny, Chris, Cliff Jr., Taylor, Joey, Aiden, and Lexie; and | 20 |
| the faithful companion to Jack the Dog; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 22 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 23 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Clifford E. Dienberg; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to the family of Clifford E. Dienberg as a symbol of | 4 |
| our sympathy.
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