Full Text of SR0527 95th General Assembly
SR0527 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were deeply | 3 |
| saddened to learn of the death of Frank Whiting Jr. on January | 4 |
| 24, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. was born November 3, 1922 in | 6 |
| Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. had a distinguished education, | 8 |
| having graduated from the University of Illinois, where he was | 9 |
| an active member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. served in the Army and the Air | 11 |
| Force, serving in both World War II and the Korean War; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. retired at the rank of | 13 |
| lieutenant colonel after 28 years of combined military duty; | 14 |
| and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. retired from L.F. Rothschild in | 16 |
| Chicago, where he had worked for many years as a stock and bond | 17 |
| salesman; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. served as a Geneva Township | 19 |
| trustee; and |
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| WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. was a long time member and past | 2 |
| commander of Geneva American Legion Post 75; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. was a member of many local | 4 |
| organizations and a member of the First Congressional Church of | 5 |
| Geneva; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. was preceded in death by his | 7 |
| first wife, Cynthia; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. was a devoted husband to his | 9 |
| wife, Pearl; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. was the proud father of three | 11 |
| sons, Frank (Susan), William (Penny), and Timothy (Terri) and | 12 |
| grandfather to Paige, Ashley, Amy, Sophie, Jacob, Austin, and | 13 |
| Caroline; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the loss of | 16 |
| Frank Whiting and his service to the State of Illinois, while | 17 |
| at the same time celebrating his legacy; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this preamble and | 19 |
| resolution be presented to the family of Frank Whiting with our |
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| sincere sympathies.
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