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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  deeply  saddened  to  learn  of  the death of
 4    Carleton F. Nadelhoffer Sr. of Naperville which  occurred  on
 5    Friday, May 23, 2003; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Nadelhoffer was a lifelong Naperville area
 7    resident; he grew  up on his family's  180-acre  dairy  farm,
 8    just  south  of  Lisle;  he  attended Avery Coonley School in
 9    Downers Grove, the  Tamarack  one-room  country  school  near
10    Oswego, and Oswego High School; and

11        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Nadelhoffer  served his country as part of
12    the 11th Airborne Division from 1946 until 1948  in  occupied
13    Japan;  he  later  attended  Carleton  College in Northfield,
14    Minnesota, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1952;  he
15    married Joanne Leckband the same year; and

16        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Nadelhoffer  attended  the  University  of
17    Chicago  Law  School on a Laird Bell scholarship and received
18    his law degree in 1955; he was invited to practice  law  with
19    Leroy  Rechenmacher in Naperville in 1957; as the partnership
20    evolved, he served as the senior partner  for  more  than  35
21    years at one of Naperville's leading law firms and the oldest
22    continuing law firm in DuPage County; and

23        WHEREAS,  For  30  years, Mr. Nadelhoffer served as chief
24    counsel for the  DuPage  Country  Forest  Preserve  District,
25    helping  obtain  more  than  20,000  acres of land for forest
26    preservation purposes; he  was  instrumental  in  many  civic
27    endeavors   and  played  a  role  in  the  formation  of  the
28    Naperville Heritage Society, the  Edward  Hospital  District,
29    the Central Area Naperville Development Organization, and the
30    acquisition of the Naperville North High School site; and

31        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Nadelhoffer  served  as  President  of the
 
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 1    Naperville Chamber of Commerce and headed a successful  drive
 2    to  form  the  Naperville  Park  District; he helped initiate
 3    Naperville's first "Last Fling" Labor Day celebration; and

 4        WHEREAS, He was a member of the board of  the  Naperville
 5    National   Bank  (now  US  Bank),  a  trustee  of  the  First
 6    Congregational Church, a director of  the  Lion's  Club,  and
 7    chairman  of  the  first  Naperville  Park District Citizen's
 8    Advisory Committee; he also served on the Naperville Fire and
 9    Police Board  of  Commissioners  for  9  years  and  was  its
10    chairman  for  4  years; in 1973, he was elected to the North
11    Central College board of trustees, a board he served  on  for
12    20 years and was named a life trustee in 1986; and

13        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Nadelhoffer was active in local Republican
14    politics and became the Lisle Township GOP chairman in  1959,
15    a position he held for almost 20 years; he led the successful
16    DuPage  County  campaign  for Richard Ogilvie during the 1968
17    Illinois Governor's race; and

18        WHEREAS, Mr. Nadelhoffer was an avid reader  and  enjoyed
19    traveling  and  meeting  new  people; he delighted in telling
20    stories about growing up on the farm and the earlier years of
21    Naperville; each  summer,  he  would  spend  lunch  times  at
22    Centennial Beach playing pier tag; and

23        WHEREAS,  The  passing of Carleton F. Nadelhoffer Sr. has
24    been deeply felt by many, especially his  wife,  Joanne;  his
25    son,  Carleton  F.  Nadelhoffer  Jr.;  his  daughters,  Laura
26    Nadelhoffer  Seizovic,  Sarah  Nadelhoffer Antonio, and Ellen
27    Nadelhoffer; his brother, Herbert  Nadelhoffer;  his  sister,
28    Caroline Orman; and his 5 grandchildren; therefore, be it

29        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
30    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that,  together  with  his
31    friends,  family,  colleagues,  and  community,  we mourn the
32    passing  of  Carleton  F.  Nadelhoffer  Sr.,  who   will   be
 
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 1    remembered  as  an active civic leader and family man; and be
 2    it further

 3        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 4    presented  to  the family of Mr. Nadelhoffer as an expression
 5    of our heartfelt condolences.