Full Text of SR0399 098th 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 Mayor "Mike" Lachman, who passed away on | 4 | | May 28, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Lachman was a U.S. Army veteran, proudly | 6 | | serving during World War II; he participated in the D-Day | 7 | | invasion in the signal corp and finished his duty in the | 8 | | Pacific Theater; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Upon returning home after his service had ended, | 10 | | Mayor Lachman and his brother, Harry, founded Laco Press | 11 | | Printing Co., which they operated for 35 years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Lachman always had the entrepreneurial | 13 | | spirit and liked to develop and invest in many new products, | 14 | | even attempting to invent a few himself; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, During his retirement, Mayor Lachman traveled the | 16 | | world and returned to Normandy Beach to commemorate the 50th | 17 | | anniversary of the D-Day invasion; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Lachman was the devoted father of Richard | 19 | | (Diane) and Cary (Martha); "Zayde" to Cara (Josh) Benjamin, | 20 | | Rebecca, Ben, Elsa, and Alexandra Rosman; the proud |
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| 1 | | great-grandfather to Ellis Benjamin; the cherished companion | 2 | | for over 40 years to the late Lillian Shamest and devoted to | 3 | | her child, Linda (Mark) Rosman; the dear brother to the late | 4 | | Harry (Helen); and the fond uncle to his nieces and nephews; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Mayor Lachman, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Mayor Lachman as an expression of | 13 | | our deepest sympathy.
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