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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of Marlin Landwehr of Elmhurst, Illinois, who recently passed
5 away; and
6 WHEREAS, Marlin Landwehr grew up in Northbrook and was a
7 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, Mr. Landwehr began his career in the newspaper
10 business in 1939, as a reporter for the City News Bureau in
11 Chicago; he later took a job as a reporter and then as an
12 editor for the Garfieldian, a neighborhood weekly; and
13 WHEREAS, In 1942 Mr. Landwehr joined the United States
14 Navy, serving during World War II; after the war ended he
15 returned to his position as an editor for the Garfieldian; in
16 the 1960s he took an editorial position overseeing more than
17 a dozen local weekly and twice-weekly newspapers owned by the
18 Southtown Economist; and
19 WHEREAS, In 1978, the Chicago Daily News ceased
20 publication and the Southtown became a daily newspaper, with
21 Mr. Landwehr as its editor; using the editorial page he urged
22 the City of Chicago to invest in Midway Airport, helping the
23 keep the airport open and used by the airlines; he also
24 encouraged the City of Chicago to save a working farm at
25 111th Street and Pulaski Road, which was later developed as a
26 magnet school, the Chicago High School for Agricultural
27 Sciences; and
28 WHEREAS, The passing of Marlin Landwehr will be deeply
29 felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his loving
30 wife, Carolyn; his sons, Carl and Jim; his daughter, Barbara;
31 his sister, Alice Spreyer; and his six grandchildren;
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1 therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
3 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
4 family and friends, the death of Marlin Landwehr of Elmhurst,
5 Illinois; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of Marlin Landwehr.