Full Text of SR2030 100th 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 Charles "Chuck" Raymond Dressel of River | 4 | | Forest, who passed away on January 22, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Dressel was born in Oak Park to Raymond and | 6 | | Blanche Dressel on September 11, 1949, the oldest of four | 7 | | siblings; he attended Grace Lutheran School and became an | 8 | | accomplished athlete in football, wrestling, and track & field | 9 | | at Oak Park and River Forest High School, where he was named | 10 | | the school's 1967 Athlete of the Year; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, As a senior, Chuck Dressel was honored as an | 12 | | all-star football athlete by the Chicago Tribune and received | 13 | | the Knute Rockne Award, bestowed by the University of Notre | 14 | | Dame; he was also a standout three-sport athlete at Princeton | 15 | | University; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Dressel graduated from Princeton University | 17 | | in 1971; he returned home to assist his father with managing | 18 | | the Dressel Family Hardware Store started by his grandfather in | 19 | | 1923, which remains one of Oak Park's oldest businesses; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Dressel met Jan Novak in 1976 when she | 21 | | wandered into his store as a customer; they married soon after |
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| 1 | | and purchased a home a few blocks from the store where they | 2 | | raised three children and became active in the local sports | 3 | | community, coaching youth teams and fundraising for the OPRF | 4 | | Huskie Booster Club; Chuck was instrumental in securing the | 5 | | funding to construct the Keystone Park batting cages, procuring | 6 | | additional fields across from the high school, and lighting the | 7 | | football stadium; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Dressel practiced softball pitching with | 9 | | his daughters for hours on end, devotedly dragging gear and | 10 | | equipment on every family vacation; he was especially keen on | 11 | | passing on his love of wrestling and football to his only son, | 12 | | Blake, where they were fixtures in the Little Huskies Wrestling | 13 | | Club and youth football program; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Dressel's daughter, Emily, shared "He was a | 15 | | rare lover of lima beans, an accomplished baritone shower | 16 | | singer, and suffered from abysmal penmanship."; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Dressel is remembered for his exuberance | 18 | | during snowfalls as customers filed into the store to stock up | 19 | | on winter merchandise; he jokingly proclaimed that dandelions | 20 | | were his favorite flower, given that he was the town's local | 21 | | purveyor of weed killer; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Dressel, despite compromised physical |
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| 1 | | mobility in his later years, adored interacting with his four | 2 | | grandchildren, one of whom is currently learning the sport of | 3 | | wrestling; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Chuck Dressel is survived by his wife, Jan Novak | 5 | | Dressel; his children, Emily (Brad) Hampson, Amy (Bryan) | 6 | | Pritchard, and Blake Dressel; his grandchildren, Brady, | 7 | | Bridget, Jack, and Grace; his siblings, Beth Ann, Bob (Nora), | 8 | | and Todd (Erin); and several nieces and nephews; therefore, be | 9 | | it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Charles "Chuck" Raymond Dressel, and extend our sincere | 13 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 14 | | him; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Chuck Dressel as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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