Full Text of SR1568 100th 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 Edgar C. "Ed" Staren, who passed away on | 4 | | March 25, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ed Staren was born in Chicago to John and Louise | 6 | | Staren on June 23, 1932; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Upon the death of his father, Ed Staren became | 8 | | President and CEO of the John E. Staren Company, founded by his | 9 | | father, in 1945; he eventually opened a subsidiary, The | 10 | | Starmill Company, in 1972; both companies were meat | 11 | | distributors and bought and sold product worldwide; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Ed Staren never took for granted how fortunate he | 13 | | was and gave back to his community; he supported over 75 | 14 | | charitable organizations regularly; those especially dear to | 15 | | him were the Special Olympics, where he was an original | 16 | | founding board member, the Evans Scholars Foundation, the | 17 | | ASPCA, and The Shrine of our Lady of Pompeii in Chicago; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Ed Staren's family joined the Butterfield County | 19 | | Club in 1946 and has had a relationship with the club ever | 20 | | since; later in life, Ed joined the Butler National Golf Club, | 21 | | where he spent countless days on the course and was honored |
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| 1 | | with the Man of the Year award in 2006, an honor voted on by | 2 | | fellow members; he will be remembered for his infectious smile | 3 | | and laugh, his generous heart, and his unending devotion to his | 4 | | family and friends; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ed Staren was preceded in death by his parents; | 6 | | his wife, Mary Jo; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Donald | 7 | | and Bessie Devlin; and his sister, Emmy Lou; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Ed Staren is survived by his children, Ed, Ted, | 9 | | Barbara Ann, and Eric; his siblings, John and Carol; his | 10 | | grandchildren, Edgar T. (Amy), Daniel (Leslie), John (Meg), | 11 | | Anthony (Mary Beth), Michael, and Helen Staren, William | 12 | | (Alison), Madeline, and Austin Feldman, Dakota, and Kassidy | 13 | | Staren, and Tori, Ryan (Lauren), and Teddy (Partner Martha | 14 | | Pazdro) Bunt; his great-grandchildren, Eddie, Gracie, Danny, | 15 | | and Isabella, and two on the way; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Edgar C. "Ed" Staren and extend our sincere condolences to his | 19 | | 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 Ed Staren as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy.
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