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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of
3 Illinois were saddened to learn of the death of William A.
4 Boone of Glencoe on Saturday, August 3, 2002; and
5 WHEREAS, Mr. Boone was born on the North Side and in 1932
6 graduated from Senn High School where he played trumpet and
7 coronet in a national championship-winning marching band; and
8 WHEREAS, He attended the University of Iowa and majored
9 in business; while in college, he wrestled, played football
10 and was voted the Best Dressed Man on Campus; and
11 WHEREAS, Mr. Boone was a Boy Scout while growing up and
12 many times served as the camp bugler; he served as
13 scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of America as a young father
14 and maintained a lifelong interest in the organization; and
15 WHEREAS, Mr. Boone was the former President of Bell &
16 Gossett Company and ITT Fluid Handling Division; during World
17 War II, he was proud that the company supplied the Navy with
18 heat exchangers for its submarines; he retired at the age of
19 60; and
20 WHEREAS, Mr. Boone moved to Glencoe in 1971 after living
21 in Winnetka for about 30 years; in his free time, he enjoyed
22 history and archeology; he served as a docent for more than
23 10 years at the Oriental Institute of the University of
24 Chicago; he traced the genealogy of his family, dating his
25 ancestry to Daniel Boone on his father's side and clan Ross
26 on his mother's side; and
27 WHEREAS, Mr. Boone took pleasure in reading as well as
28 tracing the derivation and usage of words; he was a car club
29 member and was especially fascinated by vintage Bentleys from
30 the 1920s and 1930s which he collected, restored and entered
31 in races; while in his seventies, he learned to play the
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1 bagpipes; and
2 WHEREAS, Mr. Boone's younger sister, Marjorie, and his
3 first two wives, Eleanor Gossett and Margaret Davis Gilgis,
4 preceded him in death; and
5 WHEREAS, Mr. Boone's passing will be deeply felt by all
6 who knew him, especially his wife, Florence, a former village
7 president of Glencoe; his sons, David Corry, William G.
8 Boone, Andrew Boone, Lawrence Corry, and Stewart Gilgis; his
9 daughters, Carol Boone Strohbehn, Sheila Carlstedt, and Anne
10 McFarland; and his 13 grandchildren and three
11 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
12 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
14 of a great citizen of Illinois and offer our sincere
15 condolences to the family of William A. Boone; and be it
16 further
17 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to the family of William A. Boone with our deepest
19 sympathy.