Full Text of SR2396 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 James Asa Wolf Jr. of Waukegan, who | 4 | | passed away on October 30, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Wolf Jr. was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan | 6 | | to James Asa and Marie Sticha Wolf on July 30, 1921; he grew up | 7 | | in Waukegan and graduated from Waukegan Township High School | 8 | | (WTHS) in 1939; he attended Millikin University in Decatur for | 9 | | a year and joined the United States Army Air Force in 1943, | 10 | | where he became an airplane and engine mechanic with the 830th | 11 | | Bombardment Squadron; he was honorably discharged in 1946 as a | 12 | | Sergeant; he reentered the service as a reservist from 1949 to | 13 | | 1952; he married Amanda Kerpan on June 20, 1953; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, James Wolf Jr. was employed by EJ&E Railway for 39 | 15 | | years; he often took on part time jobs; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, James Wolf Jr. was a longtime member of St. | 17 | | Anastasia Catholic Church, volunteering wherever he was | 18 | | needed; he was a member of American Legion Post 281 and the | 19 | | United Transportation Union Alumni Association; he and his wife | 20 | | served on every WTHS Class of 1939 reunion committee, until the | 21 | | final gathering was held 70 years to the day after graduation; | 22 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, James Wolf Jr. liked to travel, whether driving on | 2 | | cross-country road trips, relaxing on the train, or enjoying a | 3 | | cruise; he especially enjoyed the Hawaiian Islands and Arizona; | 4 | | he was a bargain hunter and an animal lover; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Wolf Jr. was preceded in death by his | 6 | | parents; his brother, Lindell (Margaret) Wolf; his sisters, | 7 | | Marie (Edwin) Parkhurst, and Virginia (William) Smale; his | 8 | | son-in-law, Gary Palmisano; and past members of the Wolf and | 9 | | Kerpan families; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, James Wolf Jr. is survived by his wife of 63 | 11 | | years, Amanda; his children, Barbara (Michael Staggs), James | 12 | | (Lisa Curtis), and Jean-Marie (Brent Randol); his | 13 | | granddaughters, Caroline Palmisano, and Liesl Wolf-Heinemann; | 14 | | his brother-in-law, Michael Kerpan; his sisters-in-law, Lois | 15 | | Kerpan, and Betty Kerpan; his nieces and nephews, Ann, Sandy, | 16 | | Ed, Donna, Nancy, Bill, Charlie, and many more Wolf and Kerpan | 17 | | nieces, nephews, grandnieces and nephews; he was thankful for | 18 | | the special help he received from his devoted nieces, Donna | 19 | | Parkhurst, and Ginni Kerpan; his nephew, John Kerpan; and his | 20 | | brother-in-law, Mike Kerpan; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | James Asa Wolf Jr., and extend our sincere condolences to his | 2 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of James Wolf Jr. as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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