Full Text of SR2294 099th 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 John H. "Jack" Barickman of Streator, who | 4 | | passed away on October 4, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Barickman was born on January 28, 1921; his | 6 | | parents were Bert and Agnes Barickman; he married Pauline Vanko | 7 | | on October 17, 1953; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Barickman attended St. Anthony Grade School | 9 | | and graduated from Streator High School in 1939 after earning | 10 | | letters in three sports; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Barickman served with the 101st Airborne | 12 | | Division during World War II and parachuted into Normandy on | 13 | | June 6, 1944, and into Holland in September of 1944; he also | 14 | | participated in the defense of Bastogne, Belgium with his unit, | 15 | | the 506th Parachute Regiment, where he was wounded; he was | 16 | | awarded the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantry | 17 | | Badge, and four Battle Stars for his service; after being | 18 | | wounded, he served as a parachute instructor at Fort Benning, | 19 | | Georgia and was discharged as a Staff Sergeant in November of | 20 | | 1945; one of his fondest memories is meeting General Omar | 21 | | Bradley during the 25th anniversary of D-Day in 1969; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, John Barickman worked at Owens-Illinois Glass in | 2 | | various departments, spending most of his years in the steel | 3 | | gang in the maintenance department; he retired in November of | 4 | | 1983 after 33 years of service; he also worked in construction | 5 | | for 10 years; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, John Barickman was a member of the former St. | 7 | | Stephen's Church; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Barickman was a Red Cross volunteer for 25 | 9 | | years during which time he donated 30 gallons of blood; he was | 10 | | a life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1492 and | 11 | | participated in the Color Guard at funerals; in 1983, he was | 12 | | elected to La Salle County Old Timers Hall of Fame in | 13 | | recognition of his years playing baseball in the 1940s and | 14 | | 1950s; he enjoyed reading about history, visiting Civil War | 15 | | battlefields, attending Army reunions, and being with good | 16 | | friends at the VFW and the YMCA; he also enjoyed baseball, | 17 | | particularly the New York Yankees; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, John Barickman was preceded in death by his | 19 | | parents; his wife, Pauline; his brothers, Dan and Bert | 20 | | Barickman; his sisters, Alba Reihl, Julia Donaldson, and an | 21 | | infant sister, Nancy Barickman; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, John Barickman is survived by his children, |
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| 1 | | Suzanne and Paul, and his grandsons, Matthew and Nathaniel; | 2 | | therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 5 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of John H. "Jack" | 6 | | Barickman; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of John Barickman as an expression of | 9 | | our sympathy.
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