Full Text of SR0376 98th General Assembly
SR0376 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 Harold A. "Pete" Vonachen Jr. of Peoria, | 4 | | who passed away on June 10, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Harold Vonachen Jr. was born on August 31, 1925, | 6 | | in Peoria to Dr. Harold A. and Bernice (Verner) Vonachen; he | 7 | | served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and upon returning | 8 | | attended Bradley University, graduating in 1949; he married | 9 | | Donna J. Hurst on May 11, 1957, in Peoria; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Harold Vonachen Jr. began his business career by | 11 | | working in the food industry, taking a part-time job running | 12 | | Field House concessions at Bradley University; he moved to | 13 | | Murphy's in 1953, where he worked as a maitre'd; in 1955, he | 14 | | opened his own business, Vonachen's Junction in the Junction | 15 | | City shopping area; he began to branch out from the food | 16 | | industry and from 1965 to 1976 served as the general manager | 17 | | and investor in Vonachen's Hyatt Lodge; he sold the restaurant | 18 | | in 1970 and became president of Peoria Blacktop Inc.; in 1978, | 19 | | he became the general partner and developer for Days Inn Motel | 20 | | in Peoria until 1985; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Harold Vonachen Jr.'s baseball career began in | 22 | | 1983 when he purchased the Peoria Chiefs minor league baseball |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Harold Vonachen Jr. lifetime achievements | 3 | | consisted of commodore and board of directors for the Illinois | 4 | | Valley Yacht and Canoe Club, president of the Peoria Pacers | 5 | | College Baseball Team, director of the Greater Peoria Sports | 6 | | Hall of Fame, director of the Peoria Cerebral Palsy Board, | 7 | | board member of the St. Thomas Parochial School Board, | 8 | | president and member of the advisory board of OSF St. Francis | 9 | | Medical Center, vice-president and trustee of the Peoria Park | 10 | | District, chairman of the Liquor Commission for the City of | 11 | | Peoria, member of the State of Illinois Recreational Advisory | 12 | | Committee, board member of the Bradley University Chiefs' Club, | 13 | | honorary member of the Bradley University B-Club, director and | 14 | | president of Peoria Mobile Medic Ambulance Co., member of the | 15 | | board of trustees for Bradley University, chairman of the | 16 | | Salvation Army Tree of Lights, honorary chairman of the | 17 | | Children's Miracle Network Telethon at the Children's Hospital | 18 | | of Illinois, board member for the Children's Hospital of | 19 | | Illinois, member of the Ivy Club, member of the Peoria Country | 20 | | Club, and member of the Independent Sports Club; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Harold Vonachen Jr. was awarded the Neve Harms | 22 | | Meritorious Service Sports Award in 1979, inducted into the | 23 | | Greater Sports Hall of Fame in 1979, awarded the Bradley | 24 | | University Distinguished Alumni Award in 1985, the Sporting |
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| 1 | | News Professional Baseball Class A Minor League Executive of | 2 | | the Year in 1985, the Midwest League Executive of the Year in | 3 | | 1985, the Tri-County Sports Figure of the Year in 1985, the | 4 | | Bradley University Centurion in 1986, the University of Notre | 5 | | Dame Man of the Year in 1988, inducted into the Greater Peoria | 6 | | Sports Hall of Fame in 1988, awarded the Caterpillar Community | 7 | | Service Award, the Salvation Army "Other" Award in 1991, the | 8 | | Lewis Burger Outstanding Volunteer Fundraising Award in 1992, | 9 | | the National Society of Fundraising Executives Philanthropy | 10 | | Award in 1992, inducted into the Bradley University Sports Hall | 11 | | of Fame in 1994, awarded the Robert H. Michael Lifetime | 12 | | Achievement Award in 2002, the Ambassador of Baseball-State of | 13 | | Illinois' Chicago Pitch and Hit Club Award in 2005, the Lions | 14 | | Club Outstanding Achievement Award in 2008, and the Lifetime | 15 | | Achievement Award for J.J. Anderson Basketball Club in 2009; | 16 | | and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Harold Vonachen Jr. was preceded in death by his | 18 | | wife, Donna; his parents; his brothers, Jack and Tom; and his | 19 | | sisters, Mary Ann, Bobbie, and Marta; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Harold Vonachen Jr. is survived by his daughter, | 21 | | Mary "Mikie" Shadid; his sons, Rocky, Greg (Kathy), Dan | 22 | | (Jennifer), and Mark (Amy); his sister, Susie (Jim) Dawson; and | 23 | | his grandchildren, Megan Vonachen, Lauren Shadid, Abby | 24 | | Vonachen, Erica Vonachen, Claire Vonachen, Michelle Vonachen, |
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| 1 | | Druschel Vonachen, Olivia Vonachen, Jabe Vonachen, Natalie | 2 | | Vonachen, and Jac Vonachen; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Harold Vonachen Jr., and extend our sincere condolences to his | 6 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Harold Vonachen Jr. as an expression | 10 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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