Full Text of HR0530 97th General Assembly
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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 former | 4 | | State Representative Harry "Bus" Yourell of Oak Lawn, who | 5 | | passed away on September 19, 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born in 1919 in Hammond, Indiana and grew | 7 | | up on the South Side of Chicago; he served in the Boy Scouts of | 8 | | America and would hike to spend time at the Boy Scouts camp in | 9 | | Valparaiso, Indiana; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He served in World War II and survived being | 11 | | bayonetted by a Japanese soldier; he earned a Bronze Star and 3 | 12 | | Purple Hearts for his service; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He served in the Illinois House of Representatives | 14 | | from 1967 to 1984, serving in the 75th through 83rd General | 15 | | Assemblies; he was the first chairman of the Joint Committee on | 16 | | Administrative Rules and also served as Chairman of the | 17 | | Election Laws Commission and the County Problems Commission; he | 18 | | also served as Minority Spokesman for the Democrats in the 82nd | 19 | | General Assembly; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, He also served as the Cook County recorder from | 21 | | 1984 to 1988, 18 years as the Metropolitan Water Reclamation |
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| 1 | | District commissioner, was a trustee for the Village of Oak | 2 | | Lawn, and was a former Worth Township supervisor; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, He and his wife enjoyed traveling around Europe | 4 | | and Asia together; he once kayaked alone from Florida to the | 5 | | Bahamas, as well as paddling up the Amazon River; he | 6 | | bungee-jumped on his 85th birthday in New Zealand and danced | 7 | | all night on his 90th birthday; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Harry Yourell was the beloved husband of Millie, | 9 | | nee Evan; the devoted father of Michele (Larry) Collings, | 10 | | Jeffrey (Nancy), and Peter Yourell; the proud grandfather of | 11 | | Darin Collings, Lisa Cleaveland, Jennifer Filipowski, | 12 | | Elizabeth Cataudella, and Ann Yourell; the great-grandfather | 13 | | of Jacob and Megan Collings, Lili and Pierce Cleaveland, | 14 | | Madison Yourell, and Steven Cataudella; the loving brother of | 15 | | the late Geraldine (the late Matthew) Stern; and the fond uncle | 16 | | of Harry Wolper; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we mourn, along with his family, friends, and former | 20 | | colleagues, the passing of Harry "Bus" Yourell; and be it | 21 | | further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of former State Representative Harry | 2 | | "Bus" Yourell as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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