Full Text of SR2403 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 former Illinois State Representative, Sam | 4 | | W. Wolf of Granite City, who passed away on November 4, 2016; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Sam Wolf was born on January 4, 1919 in Venice; | 7 | | his parents were Earl and Elizabeth Wolf; he married Mae Frank | 8 | | on November 9, 1946; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Sam Wolf proudly served his country in the United | 10 | | States Army during World War II; he was inducted as a Private | 11 | | in January of 1941 and discharged as a Chief Warrant Officer in | 12 | | December of 1945 after having served in the Pacific and | 13 | | European theatres; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Sam Wolf served as State Representative of the | 15 | | 56th District from 1974 to 1992; during his career, he was | 16 | | instrumental in having the name of Belleville Area College | 17 | | changed to Southwestern Illinois College, that named their | 18 | | Granite City Campus as the Sam Wolf Granite City Campus in | 19 | | honor of his work; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Sam Wolf was a Southwestern Illinois College | 21 | | Trustee and was elected in 1995; he served as president of the |
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| 1 | | Granite City Real Estate Board and the Granite City Kiwanis | 2 | | Club; he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Tri City | 3 | | Chamber of Commerce; he was elected to serve as a delegate to | 4 | | the Democratic Mid-Term National Conference in December of | 5 | | 1974; he was elected to serve as a Democratic National | 6 | | Committeeman from Illinois in June of 1975; he served as | 7 | | secretary-treasurer of the Madison County Democratic Central | 8 | | Committee from 1970 until his passing; he also owned and | 9 | | operated a real estate and insurance business in Granite City | 10 | | for many years; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Sam Wolf was preceded in death by his parents; his | 12 | | wife, Mae; his son, Larry Wolf; his brother, Carl Wolf; and his | 13 | | daughter-in-law, Charlotte Diane Wolf; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Sam Wolf is survived by his son, Dave (Candy) | 15 | | Wolf; his sister, Shirley Tretter; his daughter-in-law, Susan | 16 | | Wolf; his grandchildren, Renee Wolf, Damon (Rose) Wolf, Erin | 17 | | Wolf, Dave (Sheila) Wolf, and Tanya Kennedy; his | 18 | | great-grandchildren, Megan Morse, Jake Wolf, J.D. Wolf, | 19 | | Mackenzie Kennedy, and Gavin Kennedy; and many extended family | 20 | | members and friends; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 23 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of former Illinois State |
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| 1 | | Representative, Sam W. Wolf; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Sam Wolf as an expression of our | 4 | | sympathy.
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