Full Text of HR1084 95th General Assembly
HR1084 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Prola of Springfield, who passed away on February 20, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph F. Prola was born on May 23, 1910 in | 6 |
| Houghton, Michigan; he was the son of Peter and Mary Verbena | 7 |
| Prola; he married Olive Hill on November 21, 1936; she preceded | 8 |
| him in death in 1995; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph F. Prola grew up in Wilsonville; he was a | 10 |
| resident of Springfield from 1930 until his passing; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph F. Prola became a member of ROTC while | 12 |
| attending the University of Illinois, graduating as a second | 13 |
| lieutenant; he was called to active duty in April of 1941 to | 14 |
| serve as an instructor at the Army General Staff School in Fort | 15 |
| Leavenworth; in October of 1944, as a lieutenant colonel, he | 16 |
| was called to serve at Third Army Headquarters under General | 17 |
| George Patton, where he served as the general's supply officer | 18 |
| during the Battle of the Bulge; he was promoted to the rank of | 19 |
| full colonel in August of 1945 and served in the Army Reserves | 20 |
| until May of 1970; during his reserve officer service, he | 21 |
| taught at the Pentagon during six terms on active duty and was | 22 |
| president of the Illinois Reserve Officers Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph F. Prola's professional career began as a | 2 |
| clerk at an insurance agency in Springfield in 1930, where he | 3 |
| met his wife, Olive; he soon after became the executive | 4 |
| director and president of the association and an owner of what | 5 |
| became Joseph F. Prola & Co. Insurance Agency; he was also | 6 |
| employed in the savings and loan industry as president of | 7 |
| Sangamon Home Savings and as executive vice president of | 8 |
| Security Federal Savings and Loan Association (now Security | 9 |
| Bank); he retired at the age of 86; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Joseph F. Prola was active in many community | 11 |
| organizations in the City of Springfield; he was a 40-year | 12 |
| member and national president of the American Business Club; he | 13 |
| served as chairman of the Springfield United Fund in 1960; he | 14 |
| was the president of the Springfield and Sangamon County United | 15 |
| Way; he served as an advisory board member for the Salvation | 16 |
| Army for 15 years; he served as president of the Springfield | 17 |
| Chamber of Commerce; he was a member and president of the | 18 |
| Lincoln Library Board; he was a member of the Illinois Savings | 19 |
| and Loan Board for more than 20 years, serving as its president | 20 |
| in 1986; he served as president of the Illinois Association of | 21 |
| Insurance Agents in 1955; he served as president of the | 22 |
| Illinois League of Savings Institutions in 1970; he served on | 23 |
| the Executive Committee of the United States League of Savings | 24 |
| Institutions from 1975 until 1978; he served as a registered |
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| lobbyist for both the insurance and savings and loan | 2 |
| industries; he was a member of Illini Country Club for more | 3 |
| than 50 years, serving on its board of directors and as its | 4 |
| president in 1959; and he was also a member of the Sangamo | 5 |
| Club; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Joseph F. Prola was a champion bowler during his | 7 |
| early years in Springfield; he was an avid golfer who traveled | 8 |
| across the country with his wife, Olive, to play at premier | 9 |
| courses, such as the St. Andrews Golf Course in Scotland and | 10 |
| Pinehurst Golf Course in North Carolina, where he scored a | 11 |
| hole-in-one at the No. 4 Course; he also loved reading, | 12 |
| ballroom dancing, gin, and bridge; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Joseph F. Prola was preceded in death by his wife; | 14 |
| and his son, Robert H. Prola; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph F. Prola is survived by his daughter, Dee | 16 |
| (husband, Illinois State Representative Mark) Beaubien; his | 17 |
| grandchildren, Mark J. Beaubien, Robert P. Beaubien, Joseph | 18 |
| Prola, and Hilary Prola; his great-grandchildren, Annie, | 19 |
| Bobby, Ella, and Mark; his niece, Connie Deatherage; and his | 20 |
| nephew, Rich Berutti; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Joseph | 2 |
| F. Prola; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of Joseph F. Prola as an expression of | 5 |
| our sympathy.
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