Full Text of SR1411 99th 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 George L. Harlow of Waukegan, who passed | 4 | | away on December 15, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, George Harlow was born in Waukegan on February 19, | 6 | | 1924 to Oscar and Mabel Harlow and lived in Waukegan most of | 7 | | his life; he graduated from Waukegan Township High School after | 8 | | attending North and Washington grade schools in Waukegan; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, George Harlow served in the United States Army Air | 10 | | Force, during World War II; he had one tour of flight duty in | 11 | | the Caribbean and then, traveling by way of South America, | 12 | | Africa, and French Morocco, reached his permanent station, the | 13 | | 8th Air Force base in Norwich, England; his Liberator Bomber | 14 | | was shot down in a raid over Germany in the winter of 1943-44, | 15 | | and, after parachuting into the German mountains, was taken | 16 | | prisoner by the German SS and spent a year and a half in 3 | 17 | | different prison camps located in East Prussia, Poland, and | 18 | | Germany; he escaped to the English front in April of 1945 and | 19 | | was then flown to Oxford, England, where he was hospitalized | 20 | | for 7 weeks; his decorations include the American and European | 21 | | Theatre Ribbons, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Victory | 22 | | Medal, the Air Force Commendation, the French Croix de Guerre | 23 | | with Palm Medal, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Air Medal, the |
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| 1 | | Purple Heart, and the Presidential Unit Citation; in late 1945, | 2 | | his bomb group, the 8th Air Force 445th Bomb Group, was awarded | 3 | | the American Order of the French Croix de Guerre by the country | 4 | | of France, only the third American bomb group ever so honored; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, After the war, George Harlow attended the | 7 | | University of Illinois Extension in Chicago, while employed by | 8 | | the Wetzel and Turner Buick-Chevrolet Agency as a Service and | 9 | | Sales Administrative Assistant; he worked as a sales | 10 | | representative for the Johns Manville Friction Material | 11 | | Division of St. Louis, Missouri, covering the North-Central | 12 | | United States; he joined the Bank of Waukegan in 1967 and | 13 | | worked in every department of the bank, finally concentrating | 14 | | his efforts in the Commercial Lending and Trust Departments as | 15 | | the Senior Vice-President and Trust Officer; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, George Harlow was a former member of the Waukegan | 17 | | Jaycees and the Waukegan Elks Lodge; he was a member of the | 18 | | Waukegan City Club, Ducks Unlimited, American Legion Post 281, | 19 | | Waukegan AMVETS, the Purple Heart Association, Navy League of | 20 | | the United States, the American Ex-Prisoners of War | 21 | | Association, the 8th Air Force Second Air Division Association, | 22 | | the 8th Air Force Historical Society, the 445th Bomb Group, the | 23 | | Caterpillar Parachute Club, and the Waukegan Yacht Club; he was | 24 | | a member of the Lake County Contractors Association, serving on |
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| 1 | | the Board of Directors as Treasurer for 8 years and then | 2 | | serving on the Board of Governors as an Associate | 3 | | Representative; he was a member of the Glen Flora Country Club | 4 | | for 63 years, serving on the Board of Governors for 7 years, | 5 | | holding the Office of President in 1970 and serving on various | 6 | | committees for over 32 years; he was the writer-editor of the | 7 | | club newsletter known as The Caddy in the 1960s and 1970s and | 8 | | later the writer-editor of the country club newsletter known as | 9 | | The Communicator, which was distributed for many years; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, George Harlow was preceded in death by his | 11 | | parents; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, George Harlow is survived by Sandy, the love of | 13 | | his life, daughter Jody (Patrick) Rouse, Sue (Jeff) Martinson, | 14 | | Dan McLaughlin, David McLaughlin, grandchildren Derek | 15 | | McLaughlin, Joseph Rouse, Olivia Rouse and George Martinson; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | George L. Harlow, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 21 | | further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of George Harlow as an expression of | 2 | | our deepest sympathy.
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