Full Text of SR0823 97th 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
Frank C. Rathje Jr., who passed away on | 4 | | May 10, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Frank Rathje Jr. was born and raised in Chicago; | 6 | | after attending high school at Northwestern Military Academy in | 7 | | Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, he attended Lawrence University in | 8 | | Appleton, Wisconsin; after one semester at Lawrence, he left | 9 | | and joined the United States Navy during World War II; after | 10 | | serving as a radio man on a transport ship, he returned to | 11 | | college, graduating from Grinnell College in Iowa in 1950; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Frank Rathje Jr. spent more than 35 years in | 13 | | banking in the Chicago area; after graduating from college, he | 14 | | joined Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co., where | 15 | | he steadily rose through the ranks before becoming | 16 | | vice-president in 1964; he later served as president of | 17 | | Elmhurst National Bank and the bank's parent company, Elm | 18 | | Marine Bancshares; he also served as chairman and president of | 19 | | Illinois Valley Bancshares until he sold it in 1992 and decided | 20 | | to retire; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Frank Rathje Jr. served on Elmhurst College's | 22 | | Board of Trustees from 1982 until 1989 and remained a trustee |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Frank Rathje Jr. served on the Glenwood School for | 3 | | Boys and Girls board from 1980 until 1983, and was the driving | 4 | | force behind the creation of the school's 420-acre west campus | 5 | | in St. Charles in 1993; in honor of his work at Grinnell | 6 | | College, a student residence at the college was named Rathje | 7 | | Hall in 2006; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Frank Rathje Jr. was preceded in death by his | 9 | | wife, Marion; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Frank Rathje Jr. is survived by his daughter, | 11 | | Karen Rathje Shaw; his sister, Shirley Reed; his 2 | 12 | | grandchildren; and his great-grandson; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 | | his family and friends, the passing of Frank C. Rathje Jr.; and | 16 | | be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Frank Rathje Jr. as an expression of | 19 | | our sympathy.
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