Full Text of SR0914 95th General Assembly
SR0914 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Howard J. Adelmann of Lockport, who | 4 |
| passed away on October 22, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, When he was an infant, his great-grandmother | 6 |
| noticed a resemblance to silent screen comedian John Bunny, and | 7 |
| the nickname "Bunny" remained for the rest of his life; a | 8 |
| lifelong resident of Lockport, he served in the Army Air Corps | 9 |
| in the Pacific during World War II; he founded the Lockport Oil | 10 |
| Company in 1958 and sold the business in 1977; and he was one | 11 |
| of the founders of the Bank of Lockport (now Harris Bank) and | 12 |
| served as chairman of the board for many years; and
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| WHEREAS, When Lockport officials announced plans to tear | 14 |
| down the decrepit Central School, Howard Adelmann became | 15 |
| chairman of the committee to preserve the building, which now | 16 |
| houses City Hall, the Lockport Township offices, and park | 17 |
| district facility; he was also instrumental in restoring the | 18 |
| Old Congregational Church as the Gladys Fox Museum; and
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| WHEREAS, A longtime trustee of the Lockport Township fire | 20 |
| and park districts for many years, he was credited as a driving | 21 |
| force behind the Prairie Bluff Golf Course and Dellwood West | 22 |
| Park;
Farrell Road Park was renamed in his honor upon his |
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| retirement from the park district in 1999; that same year, he | 2 |
| purchased the Adelmann Block Building in downtown Lockport, | 3 |
| which had been built by his grandfather 100 years earlier, and | 4 |
| restored the structure for residential and commercial uses; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a charter member of the Lockport Veterans | 6 |
| of Foreign Wars post and served as commander from 1984 to 1986; | 7 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, He owned a Model-T Ford as a member of the Antique | 9 |
| Automobile Association and began hooking rugs as a hobby later | 10 |
| in life; he also donated an antique hack from his family's | 11 |
| livery business to the Will County Historical Society; | 12 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Howard Adelmann; and be | 16 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Howard Adelmann as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sincere sympathy.
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