Full Text of SR1057 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Myron J. "Mike" Sholem, who passed | 4 | | away on May 19, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mike Sholem was born in St. Louis, Missouri to | 6 | | Jerome J. and Faye Siegal Sholem on February 23, 1924; he was | 7 | | raised in Champaign and attended both University Laboratory | 8 | | High School and Champaign High School; he served in the U.S. | 9 | | Army Medical Corps during World War II and then attended the | 10 | | University of Illinois, where he was a member of the Zeta Beta | 11 | | Tau fraternity; he married Sonya Ades in Louisville, Kentucky | 12 | | on August 29, 1950; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Mike Sholem was active in the Champaign business | 14 | | community; he started his career after college by joining his | 15 | | father in the family business, Sholem's Shoes, which was | 16 | | established by his grandfather, William Sholem, in Paris, | 17 | | Illinois in 1872; later he was joined at the company by his | 18 | | brother, Stanford Sholem, and the Sholem brothers worked side | 19 | | by side for over 25 years as they expanded the business until | 20 | | its sale in 1979; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Mike Sholem changed his focus to family farm | 22 | | management and real estate development; he kept a small family |
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| 1 | | office in downtown Champaign, where he managed his family | 2 | | business interests; he always found time to join his daily | 3 | | coffee group and lunch group for a spirited discussion of all | 4 | | major local, national, and world events; he was an active | 5 | | member of the board of the Champaign National Bank, Mercy | 6 | | Hospital, and the Champaign Salvation Army; he was also a | 7 | | member of the Champaign Rotary Club, the Champaign Country | 8 | | Club, the University of Illinois Foundation, and Sinai Temple; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Mike Sholem had an active mind and incredible | 11 | | memory, with the ability to recount specific details of his | 12 | | childhood, career, personal travels, and his winters with | 13 | | Sonya in Longboat Key, Florida, California, and Hawaii; some | 14 | | of his greatest joys revolved around reading the Wall Street | 15 | | Journal from cover to cover each day and sharing the day's | 16 | | events with his two sons and five grandchildren; he loved | 17 | | getting calls from his family and trying to keep up with the | 18 | | details of their various business activities; he was an avid | 19 | | sports fan and rarely missed a televised St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | | baseball game or any Illinois football or basketball game; his | 21 | | impressive longevity is attributed by some to his consistent | 22 | | diet of Steak 'n Shake burgers, fries, and milkshakes for most | 23 | | of his adult life; and
| 24 | | WHEREAS, Mike Sholem was preceded in death by his parents |
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| 1 | | and his brother and sister-in-law, William and Connie Sholem; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Mike Sholem is survived by his wife of over 71 | 4 | | years, Sonya; his sons, David (Jan) and Barry (Frankie) | 5 | | Sholem; his grandchildren, Jamie (Mariel) Sholem, Katie | 6 | | (Scott) Arnoldy, Caroline (Ben) Weinberg, Jordan Sholem, and | 7 | | Grant Sholem; his great-grandchildren, Jackson, Juliette, | 8 | | Annabel, Libby, Sidney James, and John; and his brother and | 9 | | sister-in-law, Stanford "Tank" and Susan Sholem; therefore, be | 10 | | it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Myron J. "Mike" Sholem and extend our sincere condolences to | 14 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Mike Sholem as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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