Full Text of SR0173 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 Jack L. Ostrem of Joliet; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was born on June 23, 1931 to Arthur K. | 5 | | and Adeline (nee Rossi) Ostrem; he graduated from Joliet | 6 | | Township High School (JTHS) in 1949 and attended Bradley | 7 | | University and Joliet Jr. College (JJC); and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was employed by the Chicago Newspaper | 9 | | Agency for 10 years, United States Rubber, Joliet Arsenal, and | 10 | | the Argonne National Laboratory; he retired as a warehouse | 11 | | supervisor from Northern Petrochemical/Lyondell in Morris, | 12 | | with 23 years of service; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was always interested in sports and | 14 | | high school and college football teams; he was JTHS wrestling | 15 | | team captain, Central AAU Conference Wrestling Champion, Lt. | 16 | | heavyweight, 1949, and Captain of the first JJC football team; | 17 | | he coached Joliet Park District baseball teams and the YMCA | 18 | | wrestling team, including 2 years as State Champions; he was a | 19 | | sports writer for the Joliet Herald News and Spectator | 20 | | newspapers; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was a Friend of Bill W. for over 40 |
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| 1 | | years, a lifetime member of the Joliet Alano Club, a past | 2 | | delegate to the National Institute on Aging, Panel 34, East | 3 | | Central Region Trustee, 1997-2001, and Alcoholics Anonymous | 4 | | World Services Chair; he was a past board member of The Joliet | 5 | | Halfway House (now Stepping Stones) and the South Suburban | 6 | | Council on Alcoholism, volunteering there for 25 years; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was preceded in death by his son, John | 8 | | Ross Ostrem; his parents; his brother, Phillip Ostrem; and his | 9 | | mother-in-law, Edith (Pence B.) Orr; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem is survived by his wife of 65 years, | 11 | | Emita Orr Ostrem; his daughter, Dawn (Charles) Fitzgerald; his | 12 | | daughter-in-law, Deena Ostrem Brown; his nephews, Paul (Linda) | 13 | | Ostrem, Tom (Judy) Ostrem, and Tim Ostrem; and his cousins, | 14 | | Marilyn Capasse (Robert) Verden, Deloras Wilmette, Virginia | 15 | | Rossi Zupancic, and Douglas Ostrem; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Jack L. Ostrem, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Jack Ostrem as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy.
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