Full Text of HR1035 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Albert | 4 | | "Al" Benedetti of Naperville, who passed away on May 3, 2012; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born January 2, 1924 in Chicago; he | 7 | | graduated from North Central College in 1948 with a degree in | 8 | | chemistry; as a student-athlete, he starred on the 1946 and | 9 | | 1947 championship football teams and played in the 1947 Corn | 10 | | Bowl, the College's first postseason appearance and only one | 11 | | until 2005; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy | 13 | | during World War II and attended Officers Candidate School; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, He joined Bruno Benedetti & Sons in 1951 and was | 15 | | named president of the residential construction company in | 16 | | 1963; he served as a member of the Board of Directors of | 17 | | Washington Bank and Trust Company (later Westbank) for 14 | 18 | | years, the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce for 9 years, and | 19 | | the Northern Illinois Home Builders Association for 6 years; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, He was the founder of the Naperville Little League |
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| 1 | | and a life-time member of the Naperville Heritage Society; a | 2 | | street in Naperville bears the family name, Benedetti Drive; | 3 | | and | 4 | | WHEREAS, He began serving on the North Central College | 5 | | Board of Trustees in 1988; in 1999, he was honored with the | 6 | | College's Gael D. Swing Award for Meritorious Service; in 2002, | 7 | | he received the College's Outstanding Alumni Award; in 2006, he | 8 | | was inducted into the North Central College Athletics Hall of | 9 | | Fame; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, He was responsible for the construction efforts | 11 | | that led to the building of the College stadium, renamed | 12 | | Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium in 2003; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Bruno and | 14 | | Anita; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Albert Benedetti is survived by his loving wife, | 16 | | Alpha; his children, Denise (Warren) Loveland, Diane | 17 | | Benedetti, Doreene Benedetti, and Valerie (Dan) Munson; his | 18 | | grandchildren, Dana Ripper, Sara Loveland, Ann Loveland | 19 | | (Rachel Campbell), and Philip and Jenifer Munson; his brother, | 20 | | Roy Benedetti; and numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be | 21 | | it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 4 | | Albert Benedetti; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Albert Benedetti as a symbol of our | 7 | | sincere sympathy.
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