Full Text of SR0128 96th General Assembly
SR0128 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Joseph Bernard Kristan of North Chicago, | 4 |
| who passed away on February 18, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born May 19, 1912 in North Chicago, to | 6 |
| Herman and Elizabeth (nee Fincutter) Kristan; he graduated from | 7 |
| Waukegan Township High School in 1930 and Walton School of | 8 |
| Commerce, Chicago in 1931; and
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| WHEREAS, He was employed by the United States Postal | 10 |
| Service in North Chicago from 1937-1967; he later worked for | 11 |
| the Building and Zoning Department for Lake County and was a | 12 |
| member of the Lake County Zoning Board of Appeals for many | 13 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a resident of North Chicago, Nalcrest, | 15 |
| Florida, Branson, Missouri, and returned to Lake County in | 16 |
| 2000; he was a veteran of World War II as a member of the United | 17 |
| States Navy; he was also a member of the Knights of Columbus | 18 |
| Council #731 in Waukegan, where he served as Grand Knight in | 19 |
| 1958 and 1959 and Navigator of the 4th Degree of Bishop Quarter | 20 |
| General Assembly, Knights of Columbus of Lake County in 1957 | 21 |
| and 1958; he was a member of the American Legion Sharvin Post | 22 |
| #397 in North Chicago, a member of the National Association of |
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| Letter Carriers, Waukegan Council #409, and a charter member of | 2 |
| the Navy Mail Service Veterans Association; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his first wife, | 4 |
| Vivian; his second wife, Mary Alice; his son, Kevin; and his | 5 |
| sisters, Agnes Kutzler Mahler and Rita Madruh; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph Kristan is survived by his children, Jo Ann | 7 |
| Wilde, Lynette Fuerst, Cheryl Campbell, Joseph (Judie), Thomas | 8 |
| (Jo Ann), Therese (Lawrence) Stickler, Michelle (Robert) | 9 |
| Wysiatko, and Jeffrey; his sister, Bernice Bittner, his | 10 |
| brothers-in-law, Bob (Rosalie) and Bill (Jean) Campbell; his | 11 |
| twenty grandchildren; his eleven great-grandchildren; and his | 12 |
| many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Joseph B. Kristan; and | 16 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Joseph Kristan as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sincere sympathy.
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