Full Text of SR0728 96th General Assembly
SR0728 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Larry Nedrow was born on December 13, 1924, in | 3 |
| Oregon, Illinois; he attended school in a one-room school house | 4 |
| in Oregon for grades 1 through 8; he then attended Oregon High | 5 |
| School; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1944, Larry Nedrow was drafted into the United | 7 |
| States Army; he then volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps, | 8 |
| where he was assigned to the Army Airways Communication System | 9 |
| and was stationed on Canton Island in the Pacific and Hickam | 10 |
| Field in Hawaii; he also served as a civilian employee of the | 11 |
| Army Signal Corps as a Message Center Officer during the winter | 12 |
| of 1946-1947; he returned to Aurora in 1947; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1949, Larry Nedrow entered the painting trade; | 14 |
| he worked for numerous painting contractors before founding | 15 |
| Larry Nedrow Decorating in 1956; he owned the business until | 16 |
| his retirement in 1992; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Larry Nedrow was very active in the painting | 18 |
| industry and was adept at labor relations; in 1958, he founded | 19 |
| the Aurora Painting Contractors Association; in that same year, | 20 |
| he was instrumental in negotiating a State-wide Welfare Plan; | 21 |
| these entities stayed in place until 1966, when the Northeast | 22 |
| Illinois Chapter of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of |
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| America (PDCA) was established and the union reorganized into | 2 |
| the Painter's District Council No. 30; Larry served as the | 3 |
| first President of the new PDCA chapter; he was also very | 4 |
| active with the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, where | 5 |
| he worked with other contractors and union officials to | 6 |
| standardize the apprentice training program; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Nedrow was one of the first trustees of the | 8 |
| Northern Illinois Painting and Drywall Institute (NIPDI), an | 9 |
| industry fund founded in 1976 to serve union painting and | 10 |
| drywall taping contractors throughout northern Illinois; Larry | 11 |
| served as an NIPDI trustee from December of 1978 to June of | 12 |
| 1992; and
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| WHEREAS, Larry Nedrow married the love of his life, Doris, | 14 |
| on August 9, 1957; together, they had 4 children, Jill, Jack, | 15 |
| George, and Jodi; and
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to honor | 17 |
| the life of
Larry Nedrow, who passed away on April 4, 1996; | 18 |
| therefore, be it | 19 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Larry Nedrow; and be it | 22 |
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| RESOLVED, That we designate the week of April 4, 2010 as | 2 |
| Union Painting Contractors Week in the State of Illinois; and | 3 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to the family of Larry Nedrow in appreciation of his | 6 |
| dedication and leadership of the Northern Illinois Painting and | 7 |
| Drywall Institute.
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