Full Text of SR0227 94th General Assembly
SR0227 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Roger Allen Anderson of | 4 |
| Burr Ridge, formerly of Hinsdale, on Tuesday, April 26, 2005; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Anderson was born on May 5, 1919, in Chicago; | 7 |
| he attended Morgan Park High School and received his bachelor's | 8 |
| degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in | 9 |
| 1940; and
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| WHEREAS, After being a supervisor at Container Corp. of | 11 |
| America, he was a civilian with the Ordinance Department of the | 12 |
| U.S. Government in Springfield, Massachusetts; he joined the | 13 |
| U.S. Naval Reserves, becoming a lieutenant, and was stationed | 14 |
| in communications in Washington; and
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| WHEREAS, After World War II, he returned to Chicago and | 16 |
| joined Teninga & Co., a South Side real estate firm; he was | 17 |
| recalled to the U.S. Navy in Washington during the Korean War | 18 |
| and was discharged in 1952; and
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| WHEREAS, In Chicago, he established the construct firm of | 20 |
| Bellevue Builders; he settled with his family in Hinsdale in | 21 |
| 1954 and bought property as well as established the homes in | 22 |
| Ridgewood and Western Springs; he built homes, apartments, | 23 |
| condominiums, and commercial properties in other western | 24 |
| suburbs; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1964, he bought Timber Trails Country Club, | 26 |
| originally for development, but he operated the course until | 27 |
| 2004; he was invited to become a founding member of Edgewood | 28 |
| Bank in Countryside's board of directors; he eventually became | 29 |
| bank's chairman of the board; and
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| WHEREAS, Active at Union Church of Hinsdale, Mr. Anderson | 2 |
| taught high school and adult classes and served on many boards | 3 |
| and committees; he was a member and president of the Hinsdale | 4 |
| Golf Club and Great Books Foundation; he sang in the Jolly Boys | 5 |
| singing group and attended the Hinsdale Social Studies Circle; | 6 |
| he was one of the three founders of Washington Square | 7 |
| retirement home in Hinsdale and served on the Hinsdale | 8 |
| Community Service's board; he was associated with the Community | 9 |
| Renewal Society and with Bethlehem Center, which promotes | 10 |
| racial justice and social welfare in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Anderson was a strong supporter of the Chicago | 12 |
| Symphony Orchestra, where he was a governing member for several | 13 |
| decades, as well as the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Art | 14 |
| Institute of Chicago; he and his wife traveled extensively all | 15 |
| over the world; they were among the first to visit China when | 16 |
| it reopened to tourists; they visited Ireland frequently as | 17 |
| well as Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and Douglas and Lakeside, | 18 |
| Michigan; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Roger Allen Anderson has been | 20 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife of 63 years, Ruth; his | 21 |
| children, Leigh (Clint) Rappole, Geoffrey, and Ross; his | 22 |
| grandchildren, Clinton M. and Britta Rappole, and Kristin | 23 |
| (Michael) Green; his two great-grandchildren; his three | 24 |
| sisters; his nine sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law; and his | 25 |
| many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 27 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 28 |
| Roger Allen Anderson, and we offer our sincere condolences to | 29 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 30 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 32 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest |
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| sympathy.
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