Full Text of HR1530 95th General Assembly
HR1530 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Leon | 4 |
| Shlofrock of Skokie, who passed away on September 12, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Leon Shlofrock started what is now the Illinois | 6 |
| Long Term Care Council in 1976, which today represents 200 | 7 |
| Illinois health-care facilities that treat some 37,000 | 8 |
| residents; the council's advocacy includes lobbying efforts on | 9 |
| health-care and public aid policies pertinent to the industry; | 10 |
| he served as the council's president until earlier in this | 11 |
| decade;
Mr. Shlofrock was friendly with governors starting with | 12 |
| former Governor Dan Walker and served on numerous State boards | 13 |
| and committees; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Shlofrock grew up in Brooklyn, the son of a | 15 |
| Polish immigrant furrier; after graduating from Lincoln High | 16 |
| School in Brooklyn, New York, he took classes at the University | 17 |
| of Chicago and George Washington University; he was a talented | 18 |
| baseball player, playing catcher with teams that included the | 19 |
| Brooklyn Furriers; and
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| WHEREAS, He served with the United States Army during World | 21 |
| War II and fought in France, where he was shot in the right arm | 22 |
| and shipped to England to recuperate; he was later made an |
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| honorary colonel by former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar; and
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| WHEREAS, He became active in the labor movement in New York | 3 |
| after the war and was an officer in the Amalgamated Meat | 4 |
| Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America; he came to Chicago in | 5 |
| 1955 and held posts that included business manager with a local | 6 |
| of the Chicago Fur Workers Union before retiring from labor | 7 |
| work in 1968; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Shlofrock was a natural storyteller whose own | 9 |
| life provided some of his best tales; he was a dedicated | 10 |
| horse-player, owned a number of thoroughbreds, and was a | 11 |
| regular at tracks throughout Chicagoland; in 2000, Governor | 12 |
| George Ryan appointed him to the Illinois Racing Board and he | 13 |
| stepped down from the board four years later; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Leon Shlofrock is survived by his wife Jean; his | 15 |
| sons, John and Mike Langer; his daughter, Elisa Zusman; and his | 16 |
| five grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Leon | 20 |
| Shlofrock; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Leon Shlofrock as a symbol of our | 2 |
| sincere sympathy.
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