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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of John Chonko of Downers |
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| Grove on Friday, May 6, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Born in Stockbridge, Wisconsin, to parents who |
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| emigrated from the Ukraine, Mr. Chonko moved to Downers Grove |
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| when he was young and graduated from Downers Grove Community |
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| High School in 1943; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Chonko valiantly served his country during |
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| World War II as a member of the U.S. Army Air Forces; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended North Central College in Naperville, |
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| graduating in 1948 with a bachelor's degree in business |
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| administration; he first worked in the insurance business, but |
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| in 1951, he was hired as the first manager of a fledging credit |
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| union, which had been run by volunteers at Argonne, near |
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| Lemont; and
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| WHEREAS, Two years after he started at the Argonne National |
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| Laboratory Credit Union in 1951, Mr. Chonko became president; |
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| for the next 39 years, he helped the institution grow from |
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| initial assets of $6,700 and 226 members to resources that |
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| exceeded $80 million and 10,000 members; during his tenure, the |
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| credit union expanded to include a branch at Fermi National |
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| Accelerator Laboratory, near Batavia, and at a laboratory run |
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| by the University of Chicago for the Department of Energy in |
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| Idaho; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of John Chonko has been deeply felt by |
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| many, especially his wife, Carolyn, whom he married in 1948; |
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| his daughter, Cheri; his sons, Curtis and Glen; and his two |
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| grandchildren; therefore, be it
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