Full Text of SR0713 93rd General Assembly
SR0713 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate of the State of | 3 |
| Illinois were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Robert | 4 |
| "Bob" H. Jarrell of Naperville on September 1, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Jarrell was born on July 16, 1923 in | 6 |
| Harrisburg; he graduated from Harrisburg Township High School | 7 |
| in 1941; Mr. Jarrell earned a business administration degree | 8 |
| from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1946 and | 9 |
| received a master's degree in management from the Illinois | 10 |
| Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago in 1961; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Jarrell was employed at the Illinois Institute | 12 |
| of Technology from 1951 to 1983, first as the Institute's | 13 |
| comptroller, and then as its business manager; he was also a | 14 |
| lecturer in accounting at IIT; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Jarrell served as treasurer of Argonne | 16 |
| University Associates from 1979 to 1983; he established a | 17 |
| management consulting business, Robert H. Jarrell and | 18 |
| Associates, from 1983 to 1989; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Jarrell was considered a fixture in Lisle | 20 |
| Township political circles for more than thirty years; he | 21 |
| served as Lisle Township Clerk from 1973 to 1989 and was | 22 |
| elected Lisle Township Supervisor from 1989 to 1997; he was | 23 |
| also the chairman of the Lisle Township Republican Organization | 24 |
| from 1976 to 1978; at the time of his death, Mr. Jarrell was | 25 |
| serving as a DuPage County jury commissioner for the | 26 |
| twenty-ninth year; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Jarrell took leadership roles with the Chicago | 28 |
| Salvation Army Settlement and the Chicago Unit of the American | 29 |
| Cancer Society; Mr. Jarrell was also chairman of the Education | 30 |
| Division of the Illinois Cancer Crusade; in addition, he was a |
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| longtime member of the Financial Executives Institute, for | 2 |
| which he served as secretary in 1964 and 1965, the | 3 |
| Illinois-Wisconsin Section of the National Association of | 4 |
| Educational Buyers, for which he served as secretary-treasurer | 5 |
| in 1969 and chairman in 1971, and both the National and Central | 6 |
| Associations of College and University Business Officers; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Jarrell had been active in the Naperville YMCA | 8 |
| Indian Guides program, an activity that he shared with his sons | 9 |
| during their youth, and was a member of the Naperville | 10 |
| Municipal Band, playing drums in the 1950s; he was also one of | 11 |
| the earliest members of the Naperville Jaycees; he served with | 12 |
| the Naperville Crusade of Mercy, now known as the Naperville | 13 |
| United Way, and was the treasurer and a board member of | 14 |
| Naperville Community Television; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1980, Mr. Jarrell joined Rotary One in Chicago | 16 |
| and after retirement, he was inducted into the Rotary Club of | 17 |
| Naperville in 1983; he was a member of Grace United Methodist | 18 |
| Church in Naperville; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Robert H. Jarrell will be deeply | 20 |
| felt by many, especially his wife of 55 years, Elizabeth J.; | 21 |
| his daughter, Katherine Reuter; his sons, Michael, Steven, and | 22 |
| Peter; his grandchildren, Christopher, Timothy, Brian, Diana, | 23 |
| Jennifer, Kenneth, and Forrest; and his brother, John L.; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, John and | 25 |
| Catherine Jarrell; and his brother, Frank; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 27 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 28 |
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| H. Jarrell along with all who knew and loved him | 29 |
| and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; | 30 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Robert H. Jarrell as an expression | 3 |
| of our deepest sympathy.
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