Full Text of SR0484 99th 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 William "Bill" Franz of Crystal Lake, who | 4 | | passed away on April 12, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bill Franz was born in Dayton, Ohio on December 3, | 6 | | 1930; 2 years later, at the height of the Great Depression, his | 7 | | family moved to Crystal Lake; he graduated from Crystal Lake | 8 | | Community High School in 1948 and was his senior class | 9 | | President; he attended the University of Michigan, where he | 10 | | competed on the swim team for 2 years before service in the | 11 | | United States Air Force during the Korean War interrupted his | 12 | | studies; during his military service, he learned to speak | 13 | | Russian and later obtained a commission as a Second Lieutenant | 14 | | before being discharged at the war's end; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Bill Franz worked constantly throughout his | 16 | | lifetime, holding a succession of 53 different jobs before he | 17 | | turned 30; he graduated from Chicago Kent Law School in 1959 | 18 | | and embarked on his 54th job, his law career; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Bill Franz played a leading role in Crystal Lake's | 20 | | residential and commercial development; he often served as a | 21 | | public advocate, as when his firm contested in court and won a | 22 | | judgment in the 1980s against a proposed new landfill in |
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| 1 | | McHenry County by a large company with a checkered | 2 | | environmental record; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Bill Franz was preceded in death by his parents; | 4 | | his 4 brothers; and his sister; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bill Franz is survived by his wife of 52 years, | 6 | | Jane; his 2 sisters, Bonnie Franz Ogden and Sandy Franz | 7 | | Reynolds; his 4 children, David Franz, Julie McConnell, Liz | 8 | | Franz, and Sue Soden; and his 7 grandchildren, Katherine and | 9 | | Alex Franz, Emma and Isabel Soden, and Lucia, Carly, and Paige | 10 | | McConnell; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | William "Bill" Franz, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 14 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Bill Franz as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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