Full Text of SR0445 94th General Assembly
SR0445 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 regret of the death of William E. Wannemaker of | 4 |
| Downers Grove on Thursday, July 7, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born and raised in Tinley Park and a was | 6 |
| graduate of Thornton Community High School in Harvey; he | 7 |
| enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces when he was 17 and trained | 8 |
| to be a tail gunner for B-17 and B-29 bombers in World War II; | 9 |
| the war ended prior to his being shipped overseas; and
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| WHEREAS, After his military discharge, Mr. Wannemaker | 11 |
| returned to the Chicago area and worked with his father as a | 12 |
| well digger; in 1947, he married his wife, Ruth, and they made | 13 |
| their home in Tinley Park; he worked for his father-in-law at | 14 |
| Gee Lumber, and in the early 1960s, he helped found the E.G. | 15 |
| Home Center stores in Carol Stream and Downers Grove; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1967, he set out on his own by purchasing the | 17 |
| Tollgate Nursery on Ogden Avenue in Downers Grove, which he | 18 |
| renamed as Wannemaker's five years later; with the help of his | 19 |
| two sons, he turned the business into a complete home center, | 20 |
| selling lumber, hardware, plumbing, paint, and electrical | 21 |
| products; and
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| WHEREAS, He had been a Downers Grove resident since 1971 | 23 |
| and was a longtime member of the Rotary Club and Naperville | 24 |
| Country Club; for many years, he served on the board of | 25 |
| directors of the Downers Grove National Bank; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of William E. Wannemaker has been | 27 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Ruth; his sons, Bob | 28 |
| and James; his daughters, Lyn Konsoer and Kay Yeretsky; his | 29 |
| sister, Bernetta Cristl; and his 11 grandchildren; therefore, | 30 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 |
| William E. Wannemaker, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 4 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 5 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 8 |
| sympathy.
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