Full Text of SR0592 96th General Assembly
SR0592 96TH 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 John Stolarz of Batavia, who passed away | 4 |
| on October 29, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born November 12, 1911, in Passaic, New | 6 |
| Jersey, the son of Polish immigrants who arrived in the United | 7 |
| States via Ellis Island; his birth was an interesting one, as | 8 |
| his mother went into labor while doing the polka at a local | 9 |
| dance, which may explain his love for the dance; he graduated | 10 |
| from Rutherford High School in 1932, where he enjoyed theater | 11 |
| and sports; he graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in | 12 |
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1936 with a degree in psychology and | 13 |
| a minor in religious studies; he played on the school's | 14 |
| football team as a running back, playing against such notable | 15 |
| opponents as Vince Lombardi; and
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| WHEREAS, His first job as a young man was selling potatoes | 17 |
| from a wagon; after college, he worked in sales for DeWalt | 18 |
| Tools and Delta Faucets; he later took a job in Washington, | 19 |
| D.C., working for the Department of Defense where he helped | 20 |
| design and build pre-fabricated barracks that went up in World | 21 |
| War II to house troops; although he was a pacifist, he helped | 22 |
| rebuild Europe as part of the Marshall Plan where he was | 23 |
| integral in distributing tools and machinery; he showed small |
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| groups of displaced peoples how to construct moveable workshops | 2 |
| inside delivery trucks; and
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| WHEREAS, After his time in Europe, he returned home and | 4 |
| found work in Milwaukee and met Dorothy Naleway; in 1951, they | 5 |
| were married; John and Dorothy moved to Batavia in 1962, where | 6 |
| he was recruited by Sears to be a sales manager; he retired | 7 |
| from that position in 1975; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon retirement, he became an active member of the | 9 |
| Batavia political community; in 1983, he was elected as an | 10 |
| alderman, serving the 1st Ward for two terms until 1991; during | 11 |
| that time he oversaw the construction of a playground in the | 12 |
| Woodland Hills subdivision; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, John was preceded in death by his parents; his | 14 |
| beloved wife, Dorothy; and his daughter, Joan Kunzler; and
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| WHEREAS, John Stolarz is survived by his loving children, | 16 |
| Janet Althouse, Jean Sheffer, Ron Stolarz, and Jade (Richard) | 17 |
| Oliver; his seven grandchildren; his ten great-grandchildren; | 18 |
| his sister, Mildred Sanzare; his brother, Matt Stolarz; and an | 19 |
| amazing amount of dear friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of John Stolarz; and be it | 2 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of John Stolarz as a symbol of our | 5 |
| sincere sympathy.
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