Full Text of SR0978 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply | 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of Stanley B. Balbach, Sr. of | 4 | | Savoy, who passed away on November 12, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Balbach, Sr. was born on December 26, | 6 | | 1919, in Normal to Nyle Jacob and Gertrude (Cory) Balbach; he | 7 | | married Sarah T. Witherspoon on May 22, 1944, in Jonesboro, | 8 | | Arkansas; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Balbach, Sr. attended schools in | 10 | | Kankakee, Urbana, Champaign, Evanston, and Chicago; he | 11 | | graduated from Chenoa High School in 1936, the University of | 12 | | Illinois in 1940, where he was a member of Army ROTC and the | 13 | | Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity, and from the University of | 14 | | Illinois School of Law in 1942; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Balbach, Sr. was a 2nd Lieutenant in the | 16 | | Army, serving in the Horse Cavalry, Tank Destroyer, and Army | 17 | | Air Corps, and ultimately becoming a captain, teaching flying | 18 | | during World War II; following the war, he moved to Hoopeston, | 19 | | where he practiced law for two years; he then moved to Urbana, | 20 | | where he practiced law for almost 32 years; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Balbach, Sr. served in many legal |
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| 1 | | organizations throughout his lifetime, including being | 2 | | involved in bar association work at the local, state, and | 3 | | national levels; he served as an Illinois delegate and chairman | 4 | | to the American Bar Association (ABA) Junior Bar Conference; he | 5 | | also served with the American Judicature Society, the Real | 6 | | Estate Practice Committee of the Senior Lawyers Division of the | 7 | | ABA, and the Standing Committee on Lawyers Title Guaranty Funds | 8 | | of the ABA; he served with the Illinois State Bar Association | 9 | | (ISBA) as vice-chair of the Section on Commercial and | 10 | | Bankruptcy Law and as secretary of the Committee on Bar | 11 | | Economics as well as being a member of the Elder Law Section | 12 | | Council; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Balbach, Sr. has given back to his | 14 | | community in promoting local real estate developments, aiding | 15 | | the aging community, and encouraging improvements in local air, | 16 | | rail, and bus transportation through over 30 years of service | 17 | | as co-chair of the Transportation Committee of the Champaign | 18 | | County Chamber of Commerce; for his work in the area of | 19 | | transportation, he was issued his own honorary bus stop; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Balbach, Sr. has been recognized with | 21 | | numerous awards, including the Board of Governor's Award from | 22 | | the ISBA in 1994, the annual Tradition of Excellence Award from | 23 | | the ISBA General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm Section in | 24 | | 2000, the Community Service Award of the Urbana Exchange Club |
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| 1 | | in 2000, and the Arthur H. Larson Leadership Award of the East | 2 | | Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging in 1999; he was an Eagle | 3 | | Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, a member of the Urbana | 4 | | Rotary Club, the Urbana American Legion Post 71, the Urbana | 5 | | Masonic Lodge No. 157, a 2006 Pillar of the of the Champaign | 6 | | County Bar, ISBA Senior Counsellor in 1992, and ISBA Academy of | 7 | | Illinois Lawyers Laureate in 2002; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Balbach, Sr. was preceded in death by his | 9 | | son, Jacob; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Balbach, Sr. is survived by his wife, | 11 | | Sarah; his son, Byron (Jeanne) Balbach; his daughters, Nancy | 12 | | (Tom) Fehr, Barbara (Jack) Balbach-Haines, and Edith Balbach; | 13 | | his 6 grandchildren; his 2 step-grandchildren; his 7 | 14 | | great-grandchildren; his seven step-great-grandchildren; and a | 15 | | step-great-great-grandchild; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Stanley Balbach, Sr., and we extend our sincere condolences to | 19 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Stanley Balbach, Sr. as an |
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| 1 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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