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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the 
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State of Illinois remember the passing of Gordon H. Larsen of 
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Lake in the Hills on November 24, 2003 with great sadness; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gordon H. Larsen was born in Milwaukee April 19, 
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1921; he served four years in the U.S. Army during World War 
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II; a member of the "Greatest Generation", Gordon H. Larsen was 
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in the fourth wave of infantry men at D-Day that invaded the 
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Nazi stronghold at Normandy Beach; he rescued wounded American 
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soldiers, as well as liberating the French when his regiment, 
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the 28th Infantry, marched into Paris; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In McHenry County, he was active in veteran 
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activities and even donated his 1943 Ford Jeep to the VFW; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was an entrepreneur, starting his own trucking 
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company in 1947; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gordon and Joan, his wife of 57 years, moved to 
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Lake in the Hills in 1963 to a farm north of which is the bank 
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he later founded in 1995; he was Chairman of the Board of the 
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Illinois State Bank until his death in a car accident on 
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slippery roads November 24, 2003; and

 
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    WHEREAS, During his life in Lake in the Hills, he donated 
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50 acres of valuable land to the Village of Lake in the Hills, 
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School District 300, the Sanitary District, and McHenry County 
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Conservation District; he received the "Certificate of 
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Appreciation" in grateful acknowledgement of outstanding 
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service to the Lake in the Hills Jayceettes; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He served on the Lake in the Hills Economic 
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Development Commission and was a Charter Member of the 
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Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Rotary; he was named the Vern 
 


 






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Harnish "Business Person of the Year" in 1996; he received the 
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Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Chamber of Commerce award in 1997; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gordon and his wife, Joan, were honored for their 
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20 years of contributions to the "Food Basket Project" in 1998; 
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in 2001, Gordon Larsen was designated "Mr. Lake in the Hills" 
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by the business community; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn the passing of Gordon Larsen, and we honor the memory of 
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an outstanding businessman and citizen who made tremendous 
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contributions to his country and his community; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Gordon Larsen as an expression of 
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sincere respect for his memory.