Full Text of SR2055 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Stanley M. Koch of Marengo, who passed | 4 | | away on June 21, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Koch was born on January 4, 1924 in | 6 | | Hinckley; his parents were William F. and Sarah Koch; he | 7 | | married Lucille E. Ackman on February 17, 1945 at Trinity | 8 | | Lutheran Church in Huntley; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Koch graduated from Dundee High School in | 10 | | 1942 and was drafted into the United States Marine Corps on | 11 | | February 9, 1943; he studied at the Navy Pier in Chicago and | 12 | | became an aviation mechanic with the rank of Staff Sergeant; he | 13 | | spent the remainder of his service stationed at Miramar Marine | 14 | | Base in California, where he trained recruits to work on the | 15 | | Corsair aircraft; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After the war, Stanley Koch worked at Dean Foods | 17 | | in Huntley, where he was on the team that developed the | 18 | | company's pasteurization and homogenization process; he was | 19 | | later employed at Union Special, where he retired after 32 | 20 | | years as a machinist; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Koch was an active and founding member of |
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| 1 | | Huntley American Legion Post 673; he was the last veteran from | 2 | | World War II in the American Legion Post in the Huntley | 3 | | community; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Koch and his wife were members of the | 5 | | Wisconsin Polka Club of Milwaukee and danced their way across | 6 | | the Midwest; they also enjoyed watching their grandchildren's | 7 | | sports and activities; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Koch was preceded in death by his parents; | 9 | | his loving wife, Lucille; his sisters, Velma Schuring and Lois | 10 | | McMillan; and his brothers, Laverne and Willard; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Koch is survived by his children, Connie | 12 | | (Eric) Mychko, Linda (James) Zielinski, Gloria (James) | 13 | | McLauchlan, and William (Christine); his grandchildren, Amy | 14 | | (James) Novak, James (Mandy) Rosenthal, Jenna Mychko, Bryan | 15 | | (Megan) Borchart, Brett (Amy) Borchart, Michael (Emily) | 16 | | McLauchlan, Matthew (Jaime) Koch, Tiffany (Casey) Loflin, and | 17 | | William M. Koch; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great | 18 | | grandchild; and many loving nieces and nephews; therefore, be | 19 | | it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 22 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Stanley M. Koch; and |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Stanley Koch as an expression of our | 4 | | sympathy.
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