Full Text of SR1548 101st 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 B. Johnson of Elk Grove Village, | 4 | | who passed away on November 29, 2020 at the age of 91; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, George Johnson moved with his first wife Barbara | 6 | | and their family to Elk Grove in January of 1958, becoming one | 7 | | of the town's early residents; he was a proud veteran of the | 8 | | U.S. Navy who served as a corpsman during the Korean Conflict; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, George Johnson initially operated his business, | 11 | | Johnson Insurance Agency, from his one-car garage on Briarwood | 12 | | Lane; he eventually upgraded to a two car garage on Northampton | 13 | | Circle two decades later; today, the insurance agency stands at | 14 | | 500 E. Higgins Road as the oldest continuously operating | 15 | | business in Elk Grove Village; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In the late 1960s and early 1970s, George Johnson | 17 | | volunteered as the Elk Grove Village insurance commissioner and | 18 | | regularly reported to the scenes of fires to help safeguard | 19 | | fire department equipment; he also served on the local | 20 | | Industrial/Commercial Revitalization Commission during the | 21 | | 1990s and into the 2010s and helped to oversee $100 million in | 22 | | upgrades to Elk Grove's massive business park; his legacy of |
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| 1 | | public service is what inspired his son, longtime Elk Grove | 2 | | Mayor Craig Johnson, to run for office; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, George Johnson was a founding member of the Elk | 4 | | Grove Jaycees and served as its first treasurer; he and his | 5 | | wife were among the founding members of the Church of the Good | 6 | | Shepherd, one of the earliest churches in the Elk Grove | 7 | | community;
he later served as Cub Master for the Rupley School | 8 | | Cub Scouts and was an active member of the Industrial Park | 9 | | Lions Club; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, George Johnson was a dedicated volunteer, a | 11 | | passionate business owner, and a strong family man; he was | 12 | | generous with his time and talents; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, George Johnson was preceded in death by his | 14 | | parents, Lottie Inger Nelson Johnson and George B. Johnson; and | 15 | | his first wife, Barbara; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, George Johnson is survived by his wife of 31 | 17 | | years, Karen Drinan Johnson; his children, Donald Johnson, | 18 | | Craig (Lorrie) Johnson, and Jennifer (Kenneth) Thon; his | 19 | | stepchildren, Kathy (Gregg) Trapani, John (Mary) Mede, and | 20 | | Chris (Linda) Mede; and his numerous grandchildren and | 21 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 3 | | George B. Johnson and extend our sincere
condolences to his | 4 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 7 | | presented to the family of George Johnson as an expression of
| 8 | | our deepest sympathy.
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