Full Text of SR0452 97th 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
James L. Althoff Sr. of McHenry, who | 4 | | passed away on November 8, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Althoff Sr. was born on June 9, 1928, in | 6 | | McHenry; he graduated from McHenry Community High School in | 7 | | 1946; he married Joan Andreen on June 18, 1949, at St. Mary's | 8 | | Catholic Church in McHenry; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, James Althoff Sr. founded Althoff Industries | 10 | | (then Althoff Heating and Air) in 1962; the company, which only | 11 | | had 2 employees at its founding, grew into a business with | 12 | | about 150 employees today; under his guidance, the company | 13 | | became one of the largest mechanical contractors in the State; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, James Althoff Sr. was a tireless community | 16 | | volunteer who served on the boards of many organizations; he | 17 | | was a member of the McHenry High School District 156 school | 18 | | board from 1967 to 1979 and the Illinois Board of Governors of | 19 | | Higher Education from 1980 to 1991; he was a volunteer fireman | 20 | | and then later served as the president of the McHenry Fire | 21 | | Protection District for more than 20 years; he was also a | 22 | | trustee of the Local 130 Plumbers Union, a board member of Home |
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| 1 | | State Bank in Crystal Lake, and a former president of McHenry | 2 | | Country Club; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, James Althoff Sr. was preceded in death by his | 4 | | son, Timothy, and his sisters, Betty Phelan and Ethel Conway | 5 | | Low; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, James Althoff Sr. is survived by his wife, Joan; | 7 | | his children, Betsy (Tom) Les, Tod (Kim) Althoff, Catherine | 8 | | Althoff (Joel Galanty), Patricia (John) Siwicki, James, and | 9 | | Karyn (David) Roelke; his daughter-in-law, Illinois State | 10 | | Senator Pamela Althoff; his 13 grandchildren; his | 11 | | great-granddaughter; and his sister, Eleanor Wiater; | 12 | | therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 | | his family and friends, the passing of James L. Althoff Sr.; | 16 | | and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of James Althoff Sr. as an expression | 19 | | of our sympathy.
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