Full Text of SR1522 101st 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 Ernest Hauser, who passed away on October | 4 | | 30, 2019 at the age of 89; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ernest Hauser was a second-generation native of | 6 | | Oak Park, born to Esther and Ernest A. Hauser in May 1930; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ernest Hauser attended Hatch Elementary School | 8 | | and Oak Park and River Forest High School; he was a member of | 9 | | the ROTC while he attended the University of Illinois | 10 | | Urbana-Champaign; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, After graduation, Ernest Hauser followed in his | 12 | | father's shoes and joined the U.S. Army; he completed Ranger | 13 | | School and Company Grade Officers Courses and served during the | 14 | | Korean War as a rifle company commander, training officer, and | 15 | | property officer; he was honorably discharged in 1955 with the | 16 | | rank of first lieutenant; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Ernest Hauser moved back to Oak Park; he married | 18 | | Pauline, had two daughters, and started his career; he was the | 19 | | personnel director for many companies in Chicago; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Ernest Hauser was passionate about judo, which he |
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| 1 | | had been practicing since his 20s; he competed both nationally | 2 | | and locally, earning his fifth degree black belt in 1992; for | 3 | | nearly four decades, he taught judo at the Oak Park YMCA, the | 4 | | Lattof YMCA of Metro Chicago, and the Tohkon Judo Academy; he | 5 | | was a member of the Chicago Judo Black Belt Association; he | 6 | | retired from the sport in 2006; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Ernest Hauser moved to Elmwood Park in the | 8 | | mid-1990s after his divorce and retirement; he was often seen | 9 | | cycling around Oak Park and participating in the Oak Park | 10 | | Township Senior Lunch Program; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ernest Hauser enjoyed an active retirement with | 12 | | his longtime companion, Pam Schultz; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ernest Hauser was preceded in death by his sister, | 14 | | Mary Davidson; her husband, Stirling; and their children, Diana | 15 | | and Steven; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Ernest Hauser is survived by his daughters, Karen | 17 | | (John Hammetter) and Barb; Pam Schultz; his former wife, | 18 | | Pauline; and his great-niece, Susan Anderson; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Ernest Hauser and extend our sincere condolences to his family, |
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| 1 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Ernest Hauser as an expression of | 4 | | our deepest sympathy.
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