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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 Frank G. Slocumb of Naperville, who |
4 | | passed away on January 9, 2018; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Frank Slocumb was born to Frank G. Sr. and |
6 | | Marguerite L. Slocumb
on July 9, 1945; he attended Oak |
7 | | Park-River Forest High School and graduated from Loyola |
8 | | University of Chicago in 1968; he was commissioned in the |
9 | | United States Army
and was based at Ft. Meade in Maryland, |
10 | | serving 27 months on active duty as a 1st Lieutenant and
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11 | | receiving an honorable discharge as Captain; he received his |
12 | | Master of Business Arts from Northwestern
University and |
13 | | married Mary Kay in 1972; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, Frank Slocumb was
hired by BMO Harris Bank in 1972 |
15 | | and retired as a District
Executive after 36 years; he also |
16 | | served as President of the Harris Bank of Naperville; and |
17 | | WHEREAS, Frank Slocumb was active with many |
18 | | community-based
organizations; his leadership roles included |
19 | | past board member and chairman of the trustees of
Edward |
20 | | Hospital, board of directors and past chair of the Naperville |
21 | | Development Partnership, advisory
board for the Colbeth Clinic |
22 | | at the University of Illinois Medical Center, board member and |
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1 | | past
president of the Rotary Club of Naperville, board member |
2 | | of St. Patrick's Residence in Naperville,
board member of the |
3 | | Millennium Carillon Foundation of Naperville, founding board |
4 | | member of the
Naperville Parks Foundation, board member of the |
5 | | Edward Foundation, and board member of the Wheaton
Bank and |
6 | | Trust Company; and |
7 | | WHEREAS, Frank Slocumb was an active fund raiser for |
8 | | numerous organizations, including the Naperville United Way, |
9 | | the Heritage YMCA, the Boy Scouts of America, and St. Raphael |
10 | | Church Capital Campaigns; and |
11 | | WHEREAS, Frank Slocumb was honored with many awards and |
12 | | recognitions, including the inaugural Community Leadership |
13 | | Award from
BMO Harris Bank, the United Way of Metro Chicago |
14 | | Volunteer of the Year, the Croagh Patrick Award, the Kid's Best |
15 | | Friend Award from the Education Center, the Lifetime |
16 | | Achievement Award
from the Naperville area Chamber of Commerce, |
17 | | the Distinguished Citizen's Award from the Boy Scouts of
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18 | | America, and the Art Davis Leadership Award and the Lifetime |
19 | | Achievement Award and from the Rotary
Club of Naperville; and
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20 | | WHEREAS, Frank Slocumb was an avid sports fan; he enjoyed |
21 | | attending the theater and the Chicago
Symphony and spending |
22 | | time at his condo in downtown Chicago; most of all, he enjoyed |
23 | | traveling
around the world with his wife and playing golf with |
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1 | | his son; and
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2 | | WHEREAS, Frank Slocumb was preceded in
death by his |
3 | | parents; and
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4 | | WHEREAS, Frank Slocumb is survived by his wife of 45 years, |
5 | | Mary Kay; his son, Jack; his sisters, Marguerite (Michael) |
6 | | Seymour and Catherine Slocumb; his brothers-in-law, Gerald
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7 | | (Natalie) and Charles (Leslie) Hilbrich; and numerous nieces |
8 | | and nephews; therefore, be it
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9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
11 | | Frank G. Slocumb, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
12 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
13 | | further
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14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
15 | | presented to the family of Frank Slocumb as an expression of |
16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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