Full Text of HR1260 96th General Assembly
HR1260 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Clifford | 4 |
| Lohs of Elgin, who passed away on May 10, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born and raised in Elgin; he started his | 6 |
| photography career with a 39-cent Univex camera and 10-cent | 7 |
| film rolls as a member of Elgin High School's camera club; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduation, he was hired by the Courier-News | 9 |
| in Elgin as an errand boy and was shooting photos for the | 10 |
| newspaper a year later; when he retired from the newspaper 45 | 11 |
| years later, it ran a 4-page spread of his most memorable work, | 12 |
| which included photos of the warship on the Fox; the tower of | 13 |
| the Elgin National Watch Company toppling in 1966; floods, | 14 |
| snowstorms, and devastating fires across the area; and various | 15 |
| visiting celebrities and politicians; and
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| WHEREAS, Also among his memorable photos was one taken at | 17 |
| the liberation of the concentration camp near Dachau, Germany, | 18 |
| during World War II; he spent 3 years away from the newspaper | 19 |
| during the war, serving in the Air Force and later as | 20 |
| regimental photographer with the 22nd Infantry of the 42nd | 21 |
| (Rainbow) Division; and
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| WHEREAS, Clippings from old Courier-News articles recall | 2 |
| his election as commodore of the Lake Geneva Sailing Club in | 3 |
| Elgin in 1963 and his receipt of the Pioneer Medal award from | 4 |
| the Pioneer Memorial Foundation of Illinois in 1983; they also | 5 |
| note his vacation home in Door County, Wisconsin; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Peggy, were married 65 years and | 7 |
| had 3 children: Gary Lohs, Janet Lohs, and David Lohs; | 8 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 12 |
| Clifford Lohs; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Clifford Lohs as a symbol of our | 15 |
| sincere sympathy.
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