Full Text of HR0844 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Bob | 4 | | Chinn, who passed away in April 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bob Chinn was born to Wai and Yung Shee Ong Chinn | 6 | | in Duluth, Minnesota on March 2, 1923; as a young boy, he moved | 7 | | to Chicago during the Great Depression, where his family owned | 8 | | the Uptown restaurant New Wilson Village; he left high school | 9 | | and joined the U.S. Army during World War II, where he served | 10 | | as part of the 46th Field Artillery Battalion outside of | 11 | | Belfast, Northern Ireland for three years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Bob Chinn was an American restaurateur; his first | 13 | | job was delivering food on foot for another restaurant at the | 14 | | age of 14; after the war, he started a number of his own | 15 | | businesses in the restaurant industry; his first business was | 16 | | supplying patterned plates to Chinese restaurants; from there, | 17 | | he then began selling equipment, remodeling, and eventually | 18 | | helping his family members open restaurants; he and his | 19 | | daughter, Marilyn, began traveling around the country in 1978, | 20 | | conducting research for the Midwestern seafood restaurant he | 21 | | had envisioned for some time; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Bob Chinn and his daughter negotiated the |
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| 1 | | purchase of a shuttered building on Milwaukee Avenue in | 2 | | Wheeling after years of planning and development, where, two | 3 | | days before Christmas in 1982, he opened Bob Chinn's Crab | 4 | | House, his 14th and most successful restaurant; over the | 5 | | years, his restaurant has expanded and grown from 250 seats to | 6 | | 700 seats, serving on average 2,500 meals a day with a | 7 | | 300-strong staff; his restaurant was named the top grossing | 8 | | restaurant in America by Forbes magazine in August 2012 with | 9 | | an estimated $24 million in annual revenue; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bob Chinn was known for his brassy, gregarious, | 11 | | and outsized personality; he enjoyed watching baseball games, | 12 | | horse racing, films, and live theater and was a voracious | 13 | | reader; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Bob Chinn was preceded in death by his wife of 62 | 15 | | years, Jean Chinn, and his daughter, Barbara Chinn; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Bob Chinn is survived by his brother, Howard | 17 | | Chinn; his daughter, Marilyn Chinn LeTourneau; his son, | 18 | | Michael Chinn; his seven grandchildren; and his 10 | 19 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 | | we mourn the passing of Bob Chinn and extend our sincere |
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| 1 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 2 | | him; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Bob Chinn as an expression of our | 5 | | deepest sympathy.
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