Full Text of SR0212 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 Henry J. "Hank" Paulus, who passed away | 4 | | on February 21, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Hank Paulus was born in Chicago to Henry and Mary | 6 | | (Slama) Paulus on December 29, 1929; he graduated from St. | 7 | | Teresa School in 1943 and Lane Tech High School in 1947; he | 8 | | served in the Illinois National Guard, Ambulance Company, 108 | 9 | | Medical Battalion, 33rd Division, from June 1948 to May 1959; | 10 | | he married Diane Stasko on October 3, 1953; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Hank Paulus was employed by Met Life for 14 years | 12 | | and Allstate Insurance Company for 24 years until his | 13 | | retirement in January 1993; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Hank Paulus served the Village of Lake Zurich as | 15 | | clerk from 1961 to September 1968, as trustee until May 1969, | 16 | | as president from 1969 to 1989, and as a member of the Zoning | 17 | | Board of Appeals from 1993 to 2015, serving for a time as | 18 | | chairman and vice chairman; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Hank Paulus helped establish a solid commercial | 20 | | base for the residents of Lake Zurich and the first paramedic | 21 | | program in Lake County; he assisted in bringing Good Shepherd |
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| 1 | | Hospital to the area; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Hank Paulus served as chairman of the Council of | 3 | | Mayors for the Chicago Area Transportation Study, which brought | 4 | | millions of dollars to Lake County for many transportation | 5 | | projects; he worked with the mayors in the six-county area to | 6 | | revamp the RTA; in addition, during his tenure, he served as | 7 | | co-chairman of the Lake Zurich Centennial Celebration; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Hank Paulus coached Lake Zurich youth baseball for | 9 | | 14 years, serving as league president for two; he was a member | 10 | | of St. Francis de Sales Church in Lake Zurich, where he served | 11 | | as an usher for over 60 years and as an original eucharistic | 12 | | minister for over 40 years; he also served on the Finance | 13 | | Council, on the Building and Grounds Committee as chairman, as | 14 | | president of the Holy Name Society, as trustee of the Parish, | 15 | | and as trustee of the Joseph Firnbach Foundation; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Hank Paulus was preceded in death by his wife of | 17 | | 50 years, Diane; his parents; and his grandparents; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Hank Paulus is survived by his sons, David, Kurt | 19 | | (Debbie), and Steven (Janet); his grandchildren, Michael | 20 | | (Amy), Amy, Cassie (Andres) Ronancio, Matthew (Whitney), | 21 | | Jacob, and Hannah; his great-grandchildren, Michael Jr., | 22 | | Meredith, Morgan, Ava, Rylee, and Cruz; his sister-in-law, |
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| 1 | | Charlene Stasko; his nieces, Michelle Cereghino and Nancy | 2 | | (John) Zumski; his nephew, Chris (Julie); and numerous other | 3 | | family members and friends; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | Henry J. "Hank" Paulus and extend our sincere condolences to | 7 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Hank Paulus as an expression of our | 11 | | deepest sympathy.
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