HR0604 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Harold H. Hensold Jr. of Olympia Fields, who passed away on June 24, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Harold Hensold was born March 3, 1922 in Sidell; he was a graduate of Joliet Township High School in 1939 and graduated from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1943; he married Amy Bateman in 1944; and

WHEREAS, Harold Hensold was a member of the University of Illinois Reserve Officers Training Corps and was called up by the United States Army; he served as an Army Reserve officer in the Panama Canal Zone in World War II; he joined the accounting firm of Arthur Young & Co. (later Ernst & Young) in Chicago in 1949, retiring in 1982; from 1982 to 1991, he taught and served as Associate Dean for the College of Business Administration at the University of Illinois-Chicago; he was active in many professional and non-profit organizations, including the Illinois CPA Society, the Government Finance Officers Association, La Rabida Children's Hospital, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Warren & Clara Cole Foundation; and

WHEREAS, State Representative Al Riley and Mr. Hensold met while both were involved in scouting as members of the Calumet Council Executive Board and the Michigamea Lodge, Order of the Arrow; they were longtime teammates in canoe racing, participating in races such as the Chicago Flatwater Classic, the Chicago River New Year's Day Race, and seven times in the Mid America Canoe Race; and

WHEREAS, He was a charter member of Faith United Protestant Church in Park Forest; he was an avid wilderness canoeist, organizing trips for over 30 years with the church youth group, the Boy Scouts, and fellow enthusiasts; and

WHEREAS, Harold Hensold is survived by his wife Amy; his children, Sally Hundley (John), Jack (Debra Zabel), Ted (Daya Goldschlag), Nancy, and Richard (Diane Plante); his eight grandchildren; his brother Bill (Mary); and his sister, Jean Hull (Harold); therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Harold H. Hensold Jr.; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Harold H. Hensold Jr. as a symbol of our sympathy.