Full Text of SR0319 96th General Assembly
SR0319 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Elmer A. Dagenais of Naperville, who | 4 |
| passed away on May 7, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Elmer A. Dagenais was born in Naperville, grew up | 6 |
| in both Naperville and Lisle, and graduated from Naperville | 7 |
| High School; in 1939, he married his wife of 59 years, Johanna, | 8 |
| who passed away ten years ago; he married his second wife, | 9 |
| Marilyn, in 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, He began working with the Kroehler Manufacturing | 11 |
| Company in the mailroom at the age of 15 and retired in 1978 as | 12 |
| the executive vice president, but remained with the company as | 13 |
| a consultant for two years; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, From 1945 to 1946, he served with the United | 15 |
| States Army Air Forces in the Pacific theater during World Ward | 16 |
| II; after his discharge, he returned to work with Kroehler | 17 |
| Manufacturing Company, where over the next 30 years he worked | 18 |
| for the product control and traffic departments, moving with | 19 |
| his family at various points to help manage its manufacturing | 20 |
| plants in New York and California; during his career with | 21 |
| Kroehler, Mr. Dagenais served on the board of trustees of | 22 |
| Naperville National Bank, Firststar Bank in Naperville, and |
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| Naperville Financial Corporation; and
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| WHEREAS, He was also a longtime member of Wesley United | 3 |
| Methodist Church in Naperville, where he served as a Sunday | 4 |
| school teacher for many years; in addition, he served on many | 5 |
| local boards such as Edward Hospital, North Central College, | 6 |
| and the Naperville YMCA; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Dagenais is survived by his wife, Marilyn; his | 8 |
| son, Douglas; his daughters, Carole Christensen, Donna | 9 |
| Dagenais, Judy Ann Hart, JoAnn Kolkay, Marlene Kiefer, and | 10 |
| Deborah Longer; his brother, Donald; his sister, Eleanor | 11 |
| Haddix; his eleven grandchildren; and his great-grandchild; | 12 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Elmer Dagenais; and be | 16 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Elmer Dagenais as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sincere sympathy.
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