Full Text of SR0461 101st 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 Vernon J. "Vern" Lukowicz on July 23, | 4 | | 2018 at the age of 91; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Vern Lukowicz was born on March 15, 1927 and | 6 | | raised in Chicago; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 1944, Vern Lukowicz enlisted in the U.S. Navy | 8 | | during his senior year of high school; he was only 17 and | 9 | | worked out an agreement between the government and the school | 10 | | to receive his diploma; he then went to boot camp in California | 11 | | and was assigned to an LSM-145, an amphibious landing ship with | 12 | | a crew of 62 seamen; the ship sailed off to Wake Island, | 13 | | Saipan, Guam, and Marcus Island; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Vern Lukowicz and his fellow shipmates delivered | 15 | | aviation fuel and supplies for troop support and, at times, | 16 | | were sent out on armed clean up patrols; he was stationed in | 17 | | the Pacific Islands for a year; he returned to the United | 18 | | States and was assigned to a yard oiler ship that served the | 19 | | naval base on Catalina Island, California; he was an | 20 | | Electricians Mate Third Class Petty Officer and was discharged | 21 | | in 1946 through the Great Lakes Naval Station; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Vern Lukowicz and his wife, Lynn, eventually | 2 | | settled in Leyden Township in 1961 and raised their family; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Vern Lukowicz stayed involved in his community | 4 | | after the war and served as Northlake Fire Department | 5 | | Commissioner; he was a longtime member and former Grand Knight | 6 | | of the Knights of Columbus and an active member of St. John | 7 | | Vianney Church; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Vern Lukowicz was honored in 2012 when he was | 9 | | brought on a one-day all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C., | 10 | | along with 94 World War II veterans from the Chicago area | 11 | | through a non-for-profit organization called "Honor Flight | 12 | | Chicago"; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Vern Lukowicz is survived by his beloved wife, | 14 | | Marilyn "Lynn" Lukowicz; his children, Thomas J. (Jane) | 15 | | Lukowicz, Debra A. (Duain) Tischer, and Carole (Edwin) Brooks; | 16 | | his grandchildren, Kimberly (Mike) Nordvall, Marty Tischer, | 17 | | Daniel Brooks, and Mary Kate Brooks; and his | 18 | | great-grandchildren, Jacque, Allison, and Lauren Nordvall; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Vernon J. "Vern" Lukowicz and extend our sincere condolences to |
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| 1 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Vern Lukowicz as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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