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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to extend |
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| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Jack T. |
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| Knuepfer, who passed away on September 13, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Jack Knuepfer was a graduate of Oak Park River |
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| Forest High School; he was an Eagle Scout by the age of 17; in |
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| 1941 he worked with the British Army as an ambulance driver in |
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| North Africa until the United States entered the war; he then |
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| served with the United States Army until the end of the war; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Jack Knuepfer and his wife, Virginia "Dinny" were |
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| married in 1948; he received a Master's degree in business from |
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| the University of Chicago; he then worked at his father's |
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| business, General Engineering Works; and
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| WHEREAS, After his basement flooded and he became |
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| disappointed in the response of the city officials, he made a |
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| successful bid for a seat on the Elmhurst City Council, and |
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| became an alderman, serving from 1954 to 1958; and
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| WHEREAS, After leaving city politics, he returned to the |
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| family business, but he returned to politics in 1964 when he |
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| won a seat in the Illinois House of Representatives; two years |
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| later, he moved to the Illinois Senate and served as an |
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| Illinois Senator for eight years until 1974; and
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| WHEREAS, Four years later, he again returned to politics |
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| when he was elected as the DuPage County Board Chairman; he |
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| served in that position until 1990; and
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| WHEREAS, During his political career, Jack Knuepfer led |
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| efforts to create an intergovernmental storm-water management |
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| committee in DuPage County; under his leadership the |
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| Elmhurst-Chicago Stone Quarry was purchased in 1992 to help |
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| prevent flooding in DuPage homes; and
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| WHEREAS, His hard work in the community included lobbying |
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| for legislation creating the DuPage County Water Commission, |
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| overseeing the extension of the North/South Tollway, the |
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| widening of Naperville Road in Wheaton, establishing the DuPage |
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| Airport Authority as an economic engine for commercial |
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| development, and the extension of Diehl Road in Naperville; he |
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| was honored in 2000 when the county administration building was |
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| renamed in his honor; and
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| WHEREAS, Jack T. Knuepfer is survived by his wife, Virginia |
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| "Dinny"; his children, Claude (Karen), Mark (Margo), Barbara |
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| (John), and Sue (Andrew); his daughter-in-law, Nancy; his |
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| grandchildren, Kathy, Paul, Amy, Kaylen, Aleksandra, Jack, |
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| Jacob, Adam, Kevin, Daniel, Samantha, Kasey, Christian, and |
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| Charlie; his great-granchildren, Connor, Kailey, Kyle, and |
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| Joshua; his sister-in-law, Joyce; his sister, Marilyn (Burt); |
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| and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Jack T. Knuepfer; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Jack T. Knuepfer.
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