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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Chuck Rolinski of Toluca, who passed away |
4 | | on September 23, 2014; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Rolinski was born on August 30, 1932 in |
6 | | Streator; his parents were Anthony J., Sr. and Angelina Aimone |
7 | | Rolinski; he married Anita Ann Vignali on July 2, 1960 at St. |
8 | | Ann's Catholic Church in Toluca; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from Toluca High School in 1950, |
10 | | Chuck Rolinski served his country as a member of the United |
11 | | States Army as an infantryman during the Korean War; in 1952, |
12 | | he was one of 4 platoon sergeants in charge of 200 young men at |
13 | | Camp Roberts, California; he was later deployed to Korea, where |
14 | | he played on the regiment's basketball team; he was |
15 | | subsequently promoted to the rank of sergeant first class and |
16 | | was assigned to the Turkish Brigade; after the war, he returned |
17 | | to Camp Carson in Colorado Springs, where he served as a drill |
18 | | instructor; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, After his discharge from the Army in September of |
20 | | 1954, Chuck Rolinski attended Illinois State University, where |
21 | | he lived in a veterans' barracks and earned his bachelor's |
22 | | degree in 2 years and earned his master's degree the following |
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1 | | year; and |
2 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Rolinski served as coach for the grade |
3 | | school basketball teams at Toluca Grade School and St. Ann's |
4 | | Grade School; he founded the Toluca Little League in 1955 and |
5 | | ran the league for 30 years; from 1956 to 1990, he served as |
6 | | Toluca High School's head basketball coach, where he tallied a |
7 | | 649-252 record and won 14 regional championships and 3 |
8 | | sectionals; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Rolinski was the co-founder of the Illinois |
10 | | Basketball Coaches Association in 1971; he was considered the |
11 | | "father" of two-class Illinois high school basketball in 1972, |
12 | | the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in |
13 | | 1973, and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All Star |
14 | | Games in 1975; he was a 1986 Illinois Basketball Coaches |
15 | | Association Hall of Fame inductee; in 2007, he was named one of |
16 | | the 100 legends of the Illinois High School Association Boys |
17 | | Basketball Tournament; he also ran and attended 3 Illinois |
18 | | Basketball Coaches Association coaching clinics every fall and |
19 | | coordinated the yearly Illinois Basketball Coaches Association |
20 | | Boys and Girls Basketball All Star games, the Illinois |
21 | | Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and the Buzzy |
22 | | O'Connor Award; and
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23 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Rolinski was a member of St. Ann's Catholic |
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1 | | Church in Toluca, an honorary life member of the Knights of |
2 | | Columbus, St. Ann's Council 4007, and a member of the John |
3 | | Rolinski American Legion Post #440; he also served as |
4 | | superintendent of the Toluca Bocce Ball Tournament for 51 |
5 | | years, starting in 1963, and was employed as the treasurer of |
6 | | the City of Toluca; and
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7 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Rolinski is survived by his wife; 4 |
8 | | children, Toni Marie (Daniel) Wudtke, Lori Ann Rolinski, |
9 | | Michael Charles (Brenda) Rolinski, and Gina (Matt) |
10 | | Rolinski-Pomatto; 10 grandchildren, Adam (Haley) Capponi, |
11 | | Dylan and Mason Wudtke, Chelsa Rolinski, Grant Pomatto, Matt |
12 | | Mecoli, Nick Woodburn, and Cody, Britton, and Courtney |
13 | | Rolinski; 2 great-grandchildren, Bella Capponi and Jordan |
14 | | Woodburn; a brother, Gerald (Raylene) Rolinski; 2 sisters, |
15 | | Catherine (Bob) Keiler and Geraldine (Tom) Cleary; and a |
16 | | sister-in-law, Phyllis Rolinski; therefore, be it
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17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
19 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Chuck Rolinski; and be |
20 | | it further
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21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
22 | | presented to the family of Chuck Rolinski as an expression of |
23 | | our sympathy.
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