Full Text of SR0745 94th General Assembly
SR0745 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 Ernest J. Mehlan of Mount | 4 |
| Prospect on Thursday, April 20, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born June 28, 1919, in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mehlan retired in 1982 from the Chicago | 7 |
| Sun-Times advertising department after 44 years of service; he | 8 |
| won the Marshall Field Award in 1976; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mehlan served the community of Mt. Prospect | 10 |
| for 38 years, where he was a member and past president of the | 11 |
| Senior Advisory Council, the senior golf league at the Mount | 12 |
| Prospect Golf Club, and the Senior Men's Club; he also served | 13 |
| for many years on the District 214 Senior Celebration | 14 |
| Committee; he was the senior advisor to the Mount Prospect | 15 |
| Jaycees and was named an honorary lifetime member of the | 16 |
| Jaycees; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a two-time Mount Prospect Elderhonor award | 18 |
| winner and a Mount Prospect Shining Star award winner; he also | 19 |
| received the Cook County Sheriffs Senior Medal of Honor; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Mehlan was an active member of St. Mark | 21 |
| Lutheran Church for 38 years; and
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| WHEREAS, His wife, Dorothy K. Mehlan (nee Straub), preceded | 23 |
| him in death; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Ernest J. Mehlan has been deeply | 25 |
| felt by many, especially his daughter, Janice (William) Scott; | 26 |
| his grandchildren, Rachel, Jennifer, and Johanna; and his | 27 |
| siblings, Christine Wagner, Herbert (Lee) Mehlan, and Deloris | 28 |
| Bose; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 |
| Ernest J. Mehlan, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 4 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 5 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 8 |
| sympathy.
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