Full Text of SR0444 94th General Assembly
SR0444 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Leo A. Klier, a Naperville resident since 1968, | 3 |
| passed away June 4, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born March 30, 1923, in Washington, | 5 |
| Indiana; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Klier was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, | 7 |
| serving honorably in the South Pacific, and a 1946 graduate of | 8 |
| Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana, where he was a | 9 |
| two-time, first team consensus all-American basketball player; | 10 |
| he set the single-season scoring record for Notre Dame in | 11 |
| 1943-44; and
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| WHEREAS, Following his record-setting season, he was | 13 |
| called to duty and spent a year in the Navy before returning to | 14 |
| Notre Dame for his senior year; affectionately referred to as | 15 |
| "The Comeback Kid", he
once again broke the team's | 16 |
| single-season scoring record and was named to the all-American
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| team for a second time; in 1946, he played on the college | 18 |
| all-star
team that beat the NBL champions at the old Chicago | 19 |
| Stadium before a record crowd; and
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| WHEREAS, He was one of the first of his era to use the | 21 |
| one-handed set shot and was lauded for his ability to make a | 22 |
| running hook shot with either hand; he was recently voted a | 23 |
| member of the Notre Dame All-Century Team as one of the top 25 | 24 |
| players in the 100-year basketball history of the school; and
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| WHEREAS, He went on to play professional basketball in the | 26 |
| NBL (now known as the NBA) with the Indianapolis Kautskys (now | 27 |
| the Indiana Pacers), where he was named to the All Rookie team | 28 |
| in his first year; he was a member of the Kautskys team that | 29 |
| won the all-world tournament in 1947, the first NBL world | 30 |
| championship; he also later played for the Fort Wayne Zollner |
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| Pistons (now the Detroit Pistons) and the Anderson Packers for | 2 |
| five years; legendary coach of the University of Kentucky, | 3 |
| Adolph Rupp, gave him the nickname "Crystal" - if Leo Klier was | 4 |
| in the game, the outcome was "crystal clear"; Leo Klier was | 5 |
| inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1977; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a longtime member of St. Raphael Church in | 7 |
| Naperville and a 21-year member of the choir; he dedicated his | 8 |
| life to his wife and nine children - they were always first | 9 |
| with him; he was a humble man reluctant to acknowledge the many | 10 |
| honors and awards bestowed upon him; he was a coach and team | 11 |
| player in every way, literally and figuratively, and ultimately | 12 |
| a man of impeccable integrity; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1952, he joined Amoco Oil Company as a | 14 |
| salesman; during his 27-year career with Amoco, he was in | 15 |
| management and training until he retired in 1979; he | 16 |
| subsequently went into business for himself and owned a service | 17 |
| station and car wash in Evergreen Park; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, George | 19 |
| and Pearl Klier, and his eight siblings; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Leo A. Klier is felt by all who | 21 |
| knew and loved him, especially his wife of 59 years, Nancy (nee | 22 |
| Maynard) Klier, whom he married on May 18, 1946; his children, | 23 |
| Peggy (Jerry) DePersia,
Marianne Klier, Michael Klier, Janet | 24 |
| (Robert) Gihle, Martha
(James) Betts, Kevin (Judy) Klier, Carol | 25 |
| (Fred) Roth, Daniel (Linnea) Klier, and Timothy (Mindy) Klier; | 26 |
| his 21 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and his many | 27 |
| nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 29 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 30 |
| Leo A. Klier and extend our sincerest condolences to his | 31 |
| family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 3 |
| sympathy.
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