Full Text of SR0560 94th General Assembly
SR0560 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 Lester Brownstein of Morton | 4 |
| Grove on Monday, December 5, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Brownstein was born on March 27, 1921, in | 6 |
| Chicago, where he attended Stewart Grammar School and Senn High | 7 |
| School; and
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| WHEREAS, He valiantly served his country as a member of the | 9 |
| U.S. Army during World War II; he served 35 months in the Asian | 10 |
| Pacific Theater and earned a Bronze Star; he was a member of | 11 |
| Morton Grove American Legion Post 134 and Disabled American | 12 |
| Veterans Federal Chapter 42; and
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| WHEREAS, He had been a Niles Township Trustee since his | 14 |
| appointment in 1999; he also served on Morton Grove's Traffic | 15 |
| Safety Commission and was chairman of the Morton Grove Caucus | 16 |
| Party; as a trustee, he looked out for Morton Grove, ensuring | 17 |
| the village and its residents received the assistance they | 18 |
| needed; he was consistently concerned with doing the right | 19 |
| thing and was known for his love of helping people; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a past president of the Elephant Club of | 21 |
| Niles Township, and he was active with the Morton Grove Lions | 22 |
| Club and the Morton Grove Chapter of B'nai B'rith; he was | 23 |
| former Midwest director for special events with the City of | 24 |
| Hope and a member of the Goland-Orenstein-Sherman Memorial | 25 |
| Chapter of the Leukemia Research Foundation, Inc.; he was a | 26 |
| life member of the Illinois Police Association, a member of St. | 27 |
| Jude's Police Branch, and was a member of the American Law | 28 |
| Enforcement Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Brownstein was the husband of the late | 30 |
| Marjorie and the late Hollis R.; the father of Steven Louis |
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| (Rhoda) Brownstein, Steven David (Sharon) Brownstein, Dennis | 2 |
| Jay (Christina) Brownstein, Barbara Lynn Lahtinen, and the late | 3 |
| Gary Robert Brownstein; and the grandfather of seven; | 4 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 |
| Lester Brownstein, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 8 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 12 |
| sympathy.
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