Full Text of SR0623 95th General Assembly
SR0623 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
Edward I. Pickus of Libertyville, who | 4 |
| passed away on March 13, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward I. Pickus served in the United States Army | 6 |
| in Korea from 1953 to 1955; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward I. Pickus began working for Pickus | 8 |
| Construction in 1955; he served as president of the company | 9 |
| from 1964 until 1980, when he became chairman of the company; | 10 |
| he served as chairman until his retirement in the early 1990s; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, Edward I. Pickus was instrumental in the | 13 |
| development of the 1,750-home Fox River Shores subdivision in | 14 |
| Island Lake, as well as several commercial shopping centers in | 15 |
| the Waukegan area; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward I. Pickus was an active member of his | 17 |
| community; he served as president of Victory Memorial Hospital, | 18 |
| as chairman of the United Way, as president of Glen Flora | 19 |
| Country Club and Temple Am Echod, and as chairman of the board | 20 |
| of the Foundation of the College of Lake County; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward I. Pickus enjoyed playing golf, playing | 2 |
| bridge, and spending time with his grandchildren; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Edward I. Pickus is survived by his wife, Jackie | 4 |
| Pickus; his children, Ilene (Bob) Witucki and Ted (Beth) | 5 |
| Pickus; his grandchildren, Lauren, Ali, and Adam Witucki, and | 6 |
| Zach, Dylan, Noah, and Lily Pickus; his brothers, Allan | 7 |
| (Meline) and Nathan (Jane) Pickus; and his sister, Tami (Marc) | 8 |
| Rosenstein; and
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| WHEREAS, Edward I. Pickus will be remembered by all who | 10 |
| knew and loved him as a likeable person who would help anyone | 11 |
| who asked him; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Edward I. Pickus; and be | 15 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Edward I. Pickus as an expression of | 18 |
| our sympathy.
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