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90_HR0133
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of George
4 Hilbring, Jr., of Chicago, Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, George Hilbring grew up in the Englewood
6 neighborhood of Chicago; he attended St. Copernicus grade
7 school and Englewood High School; he served in the United
8 States Navy as a steward during World War II; upon his
9 discharge he went to work for Kellogg Switchboard and Supply
10 Co.; while working at Kellogg Switchboard George met his wife
11 Emelda; and
12 WHEREAS, George went on to work for Visking Corp., a
13 Union Carbide company, where he worked as a pressman of
14 sausage casing; in 1954 George left Visking to join the
15 police department; and
16 WHEREAS, George Hilbring worked on patrol in the Pullman,
17 Gresham, Grand Crossing, Hyde Park, and Englewood districts
18 of Chicago; he also owned and operated the Cheetah Lounge and
19 Mr. P's Delicatessen before their closing in 1979; in 1981
20 George Hilbring retired from the Chicago Police Department;
21 and
22 WHEREAS, George Hilbring has two sons who serve as police
23 officers: Commander Donald Hilbring of the Wentworth
24 District, and Patrol Officer William Hilbring; and
25 WHEREAS, George Hilbring is survived by his loving wife
26 Emelda; his three sons George III, Donald, and William; his
27 daughter Patricia; his brother William; his sister Gloria
28 Merrill; and seven grandchildren; therefore, be it
29 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
30 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
31 mourn, along with his family and friends, the death of George
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1 H. Hilbring Jr., of Chicago, Illinois; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to the family of George Hilbring Jr.