Full Text of SR0501 93rd General Assembly
SR0501 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Ernst-August Kranz of | 4 |
| Germany on December 26, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Ernst-August Kranz was born on August 6, 1919 in | 6 |
| Krainhagen, Germany, where he grew up; he married Lieselotte on | 7 |
| September 16, 1950; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kranz served as mayor of Krainhagen for 44 | 9 |
| years from 1952 to 1996; he was a member of the district | 10 |
| assembly of Schaumburg County for 32 years from 1964 to 1996 | 11 |
| and was Landrat for 18 years from 1973 to 1991; he served as a | 12 |
| member of the parliament of of Lower Saxony from 1970 to 1974; | 13 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kranz was the founder of the Schaumburg | 15 |
| German-American Society, which he initiated on February 18, | 16 |
| 1983; he served 17 years as chairman of the Society and 3 years | 17 |
| as honorary chairman; it was the people of his part of | 18 |
| Schaumburg County in Lower Saxony who settled Schaumburg | 19 |
| Township, Illinois in the mid-1800s; he partnered for 20 years | 20 |
| with Schaumburg Sister Cities; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kranz was the initiator of the student | 22 |
| exchange between Schaumburg High School and high schools in | 23 |
| Schaumburg, Germany, and of the health exchange, and he helped | 24 |
| to bring the Gothic to Schaumburg Sculpture Garden; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1973, Mr. Kranz was awarded the German National | 26 |
| Cross from the Federal Republic of Germany for his military | 27 |
| service during World War II; in 1996, he received the same | 28 |
| award from the State of Lower Saxony; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 |
| Ernst-August Kranz, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 3 |
| widow, Lieselotte, his family, his friends, and all who knew | 4 |
| and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Ernst-August Kranz and to the | 7 |
| Schaumburg German-American Society as an expression of our | 8 |
| sincere condolences.
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