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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 Lester Brownstein of Morton |
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| Grove on Monday, December 5, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Brownstein was born on March 27, 1921, in |
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| Chicago, where he attended Stewart Grammar School and Senn High |
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| School; and
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| WHEREAS, He valiantly served his country as a member of the |
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| U.S. Army during World War II; he served 35 months in the Asian |
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| Pacific Theater and earned a Bronze Star; he was a member of |
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| Morton Grove American Legion Post 134 and Disabled American |
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| Veterans Federal Chapter 42; and
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| WHEREAS, He had been a Niles Township Trustee since his |
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| appointment in 1999; he also served on Morton Grove's Traffic |
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| Safety Commission and was chairman of the Morton Grove Caucus |
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| Party; as a trustee, he looked out for Morton Grove, ensuring |
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| the village and its residents received the assistance they |
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| needed; he was consistently concerned with doing the right |
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| thing and was known for his love of helping people; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a past president of the Elephant Club of |
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| Niles Township, and he was active with the Morton Grove Lions |
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| Club and the Morton Grove Chapter of B'nai B'rith; he was |
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| former Midwest director for special events with the City of |
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| Hope and a member of the Goland-Orenstein-Sherman Memorial |
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| Chapter of the Leukemia Research Foundation, Inc.; he was a |
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| life member of the Illinois Police Association, a member of St. |
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| Jude's Police Branch, and was a member of the American Law |
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| Enforcement Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Brownstein was the husband of the late |
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| Marjorie and the late Hollis R.; the father of Steven Louis |