Full Text of SR1479 98th 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 Kurt Paul Froehlich of Champaign, who | 4 | | passed away on August 22, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kurt Froehlich was born in Moline on March 23, | 6 | | 1943 to Dr. Kurt P. and Loris J. Barrett Froehlich; he married | 7 | | Bonnie J. Froehlich on August 27, 1966; he received his | 8 | | Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 1966, his Masters of | 9 | | Education in 1968, and his Juris Doctor in 1973, all from the | 10 | | University of Illinois; he was a veteran of the United States | 11 | | Army, serving for 2 years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Kurt Froehlich was a partner in the Champaign law | 13 | | firm of Evans, Froehlich, Beth, & Chamley, where he | 14 | | concentrated his practice in public and municipal finance and | 15 | | local government law; he was an expert on local government law, | 16 | | municipal finance, and taxation; he was with the Home Rule and | 17 | | Intergovernmental Cooperation Project of the University of | 18 | | Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs; he served | 19 | | as City Attorney of Champaign from 1975 to 1980 and as an | 20 | | Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois | 21 | | from 1987 to 1993; he wrote and lectured extensively on a | 22 | | variety of topics and was a participant on numerous programs | 23 | | sponsored by local, State, and national organizations; he |
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| 1 | | chaired the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers (now | 2 | | International Municipal Lawyers Association) Committee on | 3 | | Intergovernmental Relations and the Economic Development, | 4 | | Taxation, and Finance Section; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Kurt Froehlich was a member of the American Bar | 6 | | Association (member, Section on Taxation's Committee on | 7 | | Tax-Exempt Finance), the Illinois State Bar Association | 8 | | (former Chair of the Local Government Law Section Council), the | 9 | | Champaign County Bar Association, the National Association of | 10 | | Bond Lawyers, the Illinois Tax Increment Association | 11 | | (Legislative Committee), and the Home Rule Attorney's | 12 | | Committee of the Illinois Municipal League (1973-2014, Chair | 13 | | 2012-2013); he received the Distinguished Service Award for | 14 | | Lifetime Achievement from the Illinois Institute for Local | 15 | | Government Law in 2005; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Kurt Froehlich was a member of Holy Cross Catholic | 17 | | Church in Champaign; he enjoyed traveling, golfing, running, | 18 | | and was an avid fan of Illini sports; he completed the 21st | 19 | | Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. in 1996; he served as | 20 | | past-President of the Champaign County YMCA; he married Peggy | 21 | | Ann Sancken Smith on July 31, 2010; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Kurt Froehlich was preceded in death by his | 23 | | parents and his first wife, Bonnie; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Kurt Froehlich is survived by a son, Kevin Paul | 2 | | Froehlich; his second wife, Peggy; one brother, Jeff E. (Karen) | 3 | | Froehlich; one sister, Paula (Rik) Bennett; and many nieces, | 4 | | nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Kurt Paul Froehlich, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 8 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Kurt Froehlich as an expression of | 12 | | our deepest sympathy.
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