Full Text of SR0388 98th General Assembly
SR0388 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | SR0388 | | LRB098 12514 MST 46931 r |
|
| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Daniel Edward "Blu" Bluthardt; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Bluthardt was born on April 16, 1965, in | 5 | | Madison, Wisconsin, to Edward Earl Jr. and Diane Rose (Latoria) | 6 | | Bluthardt; he was raised in Schiller Park; in 1983, he | 7 | | graduated from East Leyden High School, where he played | 8 | | football and enjoyed playing in a rock band; he graduated from | 9 | | the University of Wisconsin in 1987, where he was a member of | 10 | | Phi Gamma Delta; he married Carrie Larsen on May 13, 1995; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Bluthardt worked for many years in State | 12 | | government and had been serving as a lobbyist the last few | 13 | | years of his career; he worked for the Illinois Department of | 14 | | Natural Resources from 1988 to 1991 and then served as policy | 15 | | coordinator and analyst for the Illinois House Republican | 16 | | Leaders's Office from 1991 to 1995; from 1999 until December | 17 | | 2003 he worked as director of the Legislative Affairs Section | 18 | | and then as assistant to the director for Marketing | 19 | | Administration within the Department of Professional | 20 | | Regulation; he was the deputy director for the Licensing & | 21 | | Testing Division at the Department of Professional Regulation | 22 | | from December 2003 to June 2004 and served as the director of | 23 | | the Division of Professional Regulation for the Illinois |
| | | SR0388 | - 2 - | LRB098 12514 MST 46931 r |
|
| 1 | | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from July | 2 | | 2004 to March 2010; from 1993 to 1995, he was vice-president | 3 | | and co-owner of Stuff for Success Inc. in Franklin Park; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Bluthardt followed in the footprints of his | 5 | | grandfather, former State Representative Edward E. Bluthardt | 6 | | Sr. and entered politics; he served as precinct committeeman in | 7 | | Leyden Township for many years and was president of the Leyden | 8 | | Township Republican Organization for a number of years; he also | 9 | | was elected precinct committeeman in Algonquin Township; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Bluthardt enjoyed boating, fishing, | 11 | | following the Chicago Cubs, and having cocktails with friends; | 12 | | he liked to take his family on trips to Eagle River, Wisconsin; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Bluthardt will be remembered by his family | 15 | | and friends for his professionalism, his work ethic, his quick | 16 | | wit, his humble demeanour, and the infectious smile that never | 17 | | seemed to disappear; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Bluthardt resided in Chatham, Illinois, | 19 | | and is survived by his children Rocco and Amanda; his wife, | 20 | | Carrie; his cousins, Chris and Todd Itrich; his brother, Brent; | 21 | | and many lifelong friends; therefore, be it
|
| | | SR0388 | - 3 - | LRB098 12514 MST 46931 r |
|
| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Daniel "Blu" Bluthardt, and extend our sincere condolences to | 4 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented the family of Daniel Bluthardt as an expression of | 8 | | our deepest sympathy.
|
|