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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate of the State of 
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Illinois were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Robert 
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"Bob" H. Jarrell of Naperville on September 1, 2004; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Jarrell was born on July 16, 1923 in 
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Harrisburg; he graduated from Harrisburg Township High School 
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in 1941; Mr. Jarrell earned a business administration degree 
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from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1946 and 
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received a master's degree in management from the Illinois 
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Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago in 1961; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Jarrell was employed at the Illinois Institute 
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of Technology from 1951 to 1983, first as the Institute's 
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comptroller, and then as its business manager; he was also a 
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lecturer in accounting at IIT; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Jarrell served as treasurer of Argonne 
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University Associates from 1979 to 1983; he established a 
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management consulting business, Robert H. Jarrell and 
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Associates, from 1983 to 1989; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Jarrell was considered a fixture in Lisle 
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Township political circles for more than thirty years; he 
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served as Lisle Township Clerk from 1973 to 1989 and was 
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elected Lisle Township Supervisor from 1989 to 1997; he was 
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also the chairman of the Lisle Township Republican Organization 
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from 1976 to 1978; at the time of his death, Mr. Jarrell was 
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serving as a DuPage County jury commissioner for the 
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twenty-ninth year; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Jarrell took leadership roles with the Chicago 
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Salvation Army Settlement and the Chicago Unit of the American 
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Cancer Society; Mr. Jarrell was also chairman of the Education 
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Division of the Illinois Cancer Crusade; in addition, he was a 
 


 






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longtime member of the Financial Executives Institute, for 
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which he served as secretary in 1964 and 1965, the 
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Illinois-Wisconsin Section of the National Association of 
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Educational Buyers, for which he served as secretary-treasurer 
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in 1969 and chairman in 1971, and both the National and Central 
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Associations of College and University Business Officers; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Jarrell had been active in the Naperville YMCA 
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Indian Guides program, an activity that he shared with his sons 
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during their youth, and was a member of the Naperville 
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Municipal Band, playing drums in the 1950s; he was also one of 
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the earliest members of the Naperville Jaycees; he served with 
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the Naperville Crusade of Mercy, now known as the Naperville 
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United Way, and was the treasurer and a board member of 
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Naperville Community Television; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1980, Mr. Jarrell joined Rotary One in Chicago 
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and after retirement, he was inducted into the Rotary Club of 
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Naperville in 1983; he was a member of Grace United Methodist 
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Church in Naperville; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Robert H. Jarrell will be deeply 
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felt by many, especially his wife of 55 years, Elizabeth J.; 
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his daughter, Katherine Reuter; his sons, Michael, Steven, and 
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Peter; his grandchildren, Christopher, Timothy, Brian, Diana, 
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Jennifer, Kenneth, and Forrest; and his brother, John L.; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, John and 
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Catherine Jarrell; and his brother, Frank; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of 
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Robert "Bob" 

H. Jarrell along with all who knew and loved him 
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and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; 
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and be it further

 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Robert H. Jarrell as an expression 
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of our deepest sympathy.