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90_HR0307

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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION
 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  wish  to  convey their sincere sympathies to
 4    the family of Ira Colitz, president of the 42nd Ward  regular
 5    Democratic   organization  in  Chicago  and  a  former  State
 6    Representative from 1970 to 1972; and
 7        WHEREAS, Ira Colitz grew up on Chicago's West Side;    in
 8    1929  he  started  working for his father's business, Central
 9    Iron and Metal Co.; Mr. Colitz joined the United States  Army
10    in World War II, where he served in the European theatre; and
11        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Colitz  owned  and  operated the Cloverbar
12    Lounge and the Rialto Rail  Saloon  and  worked  for  a  beer
13    distributor  before  joining Near North Insurance; in 1970 he
14    became a State  Representative  where  he  helped  enact  the
15    Homestead  Exemption  Act;  Ira Colitz was a former member of
16    the  Cook  County  Zoning  Board  of  Appeals;  he  was  vice
17    president of the Northwest Home for the Aged; and
18        WHEREAS, Ira Colitz is survived by his two sisters, Viola
19    Stein and Elaine Hancock, and his two brothers, Jerome Colitz
20    and Ivan Colitz; therefore, be it
21        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
22    NINETIETH  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
23    mourn, along with his family and friends, the  death  of  Ira
24    Colitz of Chicago, Illinois; and be it further
25        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
26    presented to the family of Ira Colitz.

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