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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of Orville F. Helms of Palatine, Illinois who passed away on
5 March 24, 2001; and
6 WHEREAS, Orville Helms was born in Palatine on April 17,
7 1913; he married his high school sweetheart, Bernice M. Wente
8 on June 1, 1938; and
9 WHEREAS, Orville Helms joined the Palatine Volunteer Fire
10 Department in 1937; from 1945 to 1948 he served as a Palatine
11 police officer; he was elected chief of the Volunteer Fire
12 Department in 1953, and became the first full-time fire chief
13 of Palatine in 1960; after 42 years of service, Mr. Helms
14 retired in 1979; and
15 WHEREAS, Orville Helms was a member of St. Paul United
16 Church of Christ; he was a charter member of the Palatine
17 Rotary Club and the Over the Hill Gang of Palatine; and
18 WHEREAS, The passing of Orville F. Helms will be deeply
19 felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife,
20 Bernice; his sons, Orrin (wife, Gloria) Helms and Allen
21 (wife, Melody) Helms; his daughter, Carol (husband, Bill)
22 Gitzke; his grandchildren, Brad (wife, Jerri) Helms, Darcy
23 (husband, Ed) De Luga, Shelly (husband, Marty) Van Anrooy,
24 and Bill Gitzke; and his six great-grandchildren; therefore,
25 be it
26 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
27 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
28 his family and friends, the death of Orville F. Helms; and be
29 it further
30 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
31 presented to the family of Orville F. Helms.