Full Text of HR0683 95th General Assembly
HR0683 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Leo Polifka of Hurst, who passed away on August 10, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Francis Leo Polifka was born on December 13, 1928, | 6 |
| in Manitowoc, Wisconsin; his parents were Frank and Anita | 7 |
| (Warner) Polifka; he married Florence Tackett on April 23, | 8 |
| 1994; and
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| WHEREAS, Francis Leo Polifka served in the United States | 10 |
| Navy from July 3, 1946 to July 6, 1948; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Francis Leo Polifka worked as a machinist for 20 | 12 |
| years at the Brillion Iron Works in Brillion, Wisconsin; he | 13 |
| served as a part-time policeman for the City of Brillion; he | 14 |
| worked as a security guard at K-Mart in Appleton, Wisconsin; | 15 |
| and he worked as a security guard at Statesville Prison and | 16 |
| Joliet Correctional Center; and
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| WHEREAS, Francis Leo Polifka was a member of the American | 18 |
| Legion in Zeigler and was an alderman for the Third Ward in the | 19 |
| City of Hurst; he was a member of the First Christian Church in | 20 |
| Hurst; he loved polka music and fried chicken; and he loved | 21 |
| airplanes and was a former pilot; and
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| WHEREAS, Francis Leo Polifka was preceded in death by his | 2 |
| parents, Frank and Anita Polifka; his brother, Raymond Polifka; | 3 |
| his sister, Maryann Friedenberger; and his second wife, Mildred | 4 |
| Polifka; and
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| WHEREAS, Francis Leo Polifka is survived by his wife, | 6 |
| Florence Polifka; his children, Roger Polifka and his wife, | 7 |
| Kathy, Rozanne Bird and her husband, Timothy, Steve Polifka, | 8 |
| John Polifka, and Judy Polifka; his grandchildren, Brian | 9 |
| Polifka and his wife, Anna, Traci Polifka, Laura Schoeneck and | 10 |
| her husband, Chris, and Nathan Bird; his stepchildren, Cheryl | 11 |
| Horn and her husband, Dean, and Kevin Schimpf and his wife, | 12 |
| Brenda; his step-grandchildren, Dena Teague and her husband, | 13 |
| Eddie, Amy Horn, John Horn and his wife, Brandee, Kendra Horn, | 14 |
| Chad Schimpf, Ryan Schimpf, and Zack Schimpf; his | 15 |
| step-great-grandchildren; his brother, Edward Polifka; his | 16 |
| sister, Evelyn Yanda and her husband, Joe; and his many nieces | 17 |
| and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 21 |
| Francis Leo Polifka; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Francis Leo Polifka as an expression | 2 |
| of our sympathy.
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