Full Text of SR0898 94th General Assembly
SR0898 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to extend | 3 |
| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Jack T. | 4 |
| Knuepfer, who passed away on September 13, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Jack Knuepfer was a graduate of Oak Park River | 6 |
| Forest High School; he was an Eagle Scout by the age of 17; in | 7 |
| 1941 he worked with the British Army as an ambulance driver in | 8 |
| North Africa until the United States entered the war; he then | 9 |
| served with the United States Army until the end of the war; | 10 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Jack Knuepfer and his wife, Virginia "Dinny" were | 12 |
| married in 1948; he received a Master's degree in business from | 13 |
| the University of Chicago; he then worked at his father's | 14 |
| business, General Engineering Works; and
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| WHEREAS, After his basement flooded and he became | 16 |
| disappointed in the response of the city officials, he made a | 17 |
| successful bid for a seat on the Elmhurst City Council, and | 18 |
| became an alderman, serving from 1954 to 1958; and
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| WHEREAS, After leaving city politics, he returned to the | 20 |
| family business, but he returned to politics in 1964 when he | 21 |
| won a seat in the Illinois House of Representatives; two years | 22 |
| later, he moved to the Illinois Senate and served as an | 23 |
| Illinois Senator for eight years until 1974; and
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| WHEREAS, Four years later, he again returned to politics | 25 |
| when he was elected as the DuPage County Board Chairman; he | 26 |
| served in that position until 1990; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, During his political career, Jack Knuepfer led | 28 |
| efforts to create an intergovernmental storm-water management | 29 |
| committee in DuPage County; under his leadership the |
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| Elmhurst-Chicago Stone Quarry was purchased in 1992 to help | 2 |
| prevent flooding in DuPage homes; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, His hard work in the community included lobbying | 4 |
| for legislation creating the DuPage County Water Commission, | 5 |
| overseeing the extension of the North/South Tollway, the | 6 |
| widening of Naperville Road in Wheaton, establishing the DuPage | 7 |
| Airport Authority as an economic engine for commercial | 8 |
| development, and the extension of Diehl Road in Naperville; he | 9 |
| was honored in 2000 when the county administration building was | 10 |
| renamed in his honor; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Jack T. Knuepfer is survived by his wife, Virginia | 12 |
| "Dinny"; his children, Claude (Karen), Mark (Margo), Barbara | 13 |
| (John), and Sue (Andrew); his daughter-in-law, Nancy; his | 14 |
| grandchildren, Kathy, Paul, Amy, Kaylen, Aleksandra, Jack, | 15 |
| Jacob, Adam, Kevin, Daniel, Samantha, Kasey, Christian, and | 16 |
| Charlie; his great-granchildren, Connor, Kailey, Kyle, and | 17 |
| Joshua; his sister-in-law, Joyce; his sister, Marilyn (Burt); | 18 |
| and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Jack T. Knuepfer; and be | 22 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 24 |
| presented to the family of Jack T. Knuepfer.
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