Full Text of SR0700 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Edward F. Waszak of Crystal Lake, who | 4 | | passed away on July 1, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Edward Waszak was born Hammond, Indiana to Frank | 6 | | and Clara (Przystas); he was inducted into the United States | 7 | | Army immediately upon graduation from high school; after basic | 8 | | training, he was admitted into the Army Specialized Training | 9 | | Program and was sent to Socorro, New Mexico to study | 10 | | engineering at the New Mexico School of Mines; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Edward Waszak was attached to the 12th Armored | 12 | | Division and was sent to Strasbourg, France; he landed in | 13 | | Europe just in time to begin preparations for the pivotal | 14 | | battle that would later be remembered as "Bloody Herlssheim"; | 15 | | during the retreat, he was captured by the German army and | 16 | | spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war in Stalag | 17 | | XI-B; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, After the war, Edward Waszak completed his | 19 | | chemical engineering degree at Purdue University; he took his | 20 | | first engineering job at American Maize in Hammond, Indiana, | 21 | | where he met his wife, Therese (Krysinski); in 1965, he began | 22 | | what would be a nearly 30-year career at the Morton Chemical |
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| 1 | | Company; he worked his way up through the ranks which took him | 2 | | around the world more times than he cared to count; he went | 3 | | from plant manager to executive vice president before his | 4 | | retirement in 1994; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, After retirement, Edward Waszak reconnected with | 6 | | the 12th Armored Division Association, intent on understanding | 7 | | the events he experienced as a young soldier from the vantage | 8 | | point of age and maturity; he voraciously read accounts and | 9 | | biographies of those involved in the war's decision-making | 10 | | processes; he became the 12th Armored's historian and wrote | 11 | | articles for the association's newsletter for over a decade; | 12 | | these articles became three books: Hellcat Historian, Hellcat | 13 | | Historian II, and Hellcat Heroes; he was involved in the | 14 | | American Ex-Prisoner of War Association (Fox Valley Chapter) | 15 | | and often gave talks to local grade schools about World War II; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Edward Waszak was preceded in death by his | 18 | | parents; his sister, Ann Mazzocco (Leonard); and his brother, | 19 | | Richard (Ramona); and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Edward Waszak is survived by his wife, Therese; | 21 | | his daughter, Mary Ellen; his sons, Michael (Denise) and Daniel | 22 | | (Kimberly); his grandchildren, Christian (Shannon), Brandon | 23 | | (Kathryn), Alexandra, Adam, and Emily; and his sisters, |
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| 1 | | Jeanette Meier (Everett), Elaine Wolfe (Robert), and | 2 | | Bernadette Massaro; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Edward F. Waszak, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 6 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Edward Waszak as an expression of | 10 | | our deepest sympathy.
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