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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Daniel John Koby of Woodstock, who passed |
4 | | away on December 10, 2017; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Dan Koby was born in Chicago to Stephen and Stella |
6 | | (Iwaniec) Kobylinski on June 8, 1944; he graduated from |
7 | | Carthage College in 1967, where he was president of his class |
8 | | and also the Beta Phi Epsilon fraternity; he proudly served in |
9 | | Vietnam with the United States Army and earned two Purple |
10 | | Hearts plus the silver Medal of Honor; and
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11 | | WHEREAS, Dan Koby worked as a sales executive for the CBS |
12 | | television network for 27 years; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, During retirement, Dan Koby enjoyed fly fishing |
14 | | with the Anglers Club and his daughters and hunting with his |
15 | | German Short-haired Pointers; he also enjoyed entertaining and |
16 | | cooking delicious dinners for his family and the neighborhood; |
17 | | he was a tremendous storyteller and always knew how to lift the |
18 | | spirits of others and how to make people laugh; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, Dan Koby was preceded in death by his parents; and |
20 | | his siblings, Roberta and Stephen; and
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