Full Text of SR1988 99th 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 Dennis "Denny" Lee Polk of Springfield, | 4 | | who passed away on May 29, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk was born on June 17, 1955 in | 6 | | Springfield; his parents were William "Bill" Polk, Jr. and | 7 | | Donna Polk; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk began his career as a funeral director | 9 | | and embalmer; in 1999, he and his former wife opened the Staab | 10 | | Polk Memorial Home in Chatham; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk worked in real estate for three | 12 | | decades; he had a passion for real estate and historic | 13 | | preservation and was an avid entrepreneur; he was most recently | 14 | | the broker and owner of The Real Estate Firm; he owned several | 15 | | well-known bars throughout the years in the Springfield area, | 16 | | including Biggie's and Bubba's, Miss Kitty's, Brewhaus, and | 17 | | Floyd's; he was a partner in the Hilton (now Wyndham) Hotel | 18 | | since 1989; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk received the Historic Preservation | 20 | | Award in 1994 for his work in downtown Springfield, including | 21 | | the Booth-Grunendike Mansion and the former Grand Hotel; |
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| 1 | | downtown Springfield would have many more parking lots had it | 2 | | not been for his adaptive reuse of buildings; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk was the recipient of the Small | 4 | | Businessman of the Year Award in 1989 through the Greater | 5 | | Springfield Chamber of Commerce; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk was preceded in death by his | 7 | | grandparents, Loren and Gladys Wilgus, William and Elizabeth | 8 | | Polk, and Emma Polk; his niece, Gina; and his four-legged | 9 | | "kids", Zeus and Chief; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk is survived by his wife, Monique; his | 11 | | children, Christine Marie (Brian) Mohr, Mark Vincent (Melissa) | 12 | | Polk, Karla Denise (Arthur) St. Germain, Megan Nicole Polk, and | 13 | | Chloe Michael Young; his former wife, Paula J. Staab Polk; his | 14 | | grandchildren, William "Will" Connor, Ainslie Madeline, Rose | 15 | | Marie, Zelda Anne, Katherine "Katie" Ruth, Magnolia "Maggie" | 16 | | Gail, and Gertrude "Gigi" Lee; his sisters, Karen (Larry) Fagg | 17 | | and Sharon (Carl) Rudin; his nieces and nephews, Kari (John) | 18 | | Neathammer, Larry Fagg (Stephanie Berry), Sara (Sean) Carroll, | 19 | | and Denise (Kevin) Klemm; his great-niece, Emma; his | 20 | | four-legged "kids", Cricket, Honey, and Duke; and many friends; | 21 | | therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 2 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Dennis "Denny" Lee | 3 | | Polk; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Dennis Polk as an expression of our | 6 | | sympathy.
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