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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Harold H. |
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| Hensold Jr. of Olympia Fields, who passed away on June 24, |
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| 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Harold Hensold was born March 3, 1922 in Sidell; |
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| he was a graduate of Joliet Township High School in 1939 and |
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| graduated from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1943; he |
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| married Amy Bateman in 1944; and
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| WHEREAS, Harold Hensold was a member of the University of |
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| Illinois Reserve Officers Training Corps and was called up by |
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| the United States Army; he served as an Army Reserve officer in |
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| the Panama Canal Zone in World War II; he joined the accounting |
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| firm of Arthur Young & Co. (later Ernst & Young) in Chicago in |
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| 1949, retiring in 1982; from 1982 to 1991, he taught and served |
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| as Associate Dean for the College of Business Administration at |
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| the University of Illinois-Chicago; he was active in many |
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| professional and non-profit organizations, including the |
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| Illinois CPA Society, the Government Finance Officers |
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| Association, La Rabida Children's Hospital, the Boy Scouts of |
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| America, and the Warren & Clara Cole Foundation; and
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| WHEREAS, State Representative Al Riley and Mr. Hensold met |
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| while both were involved in scouting as members of the Calumet |
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| Council Executive Board and the Michigamea Lodge, Order of the |
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| Arrow; they were longtime teammates in canoe racing, |
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| participating in races such as the Chicago Flatwater Classic, |
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| the Chicago River New Year's Day Race, and seven times in the |
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| Mid America Canoe Race; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a charter member of Faith United Protestant |
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| Church in Park Forest; he was an avid wilderness canoeist, |
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| organizing trips for over 30 years with the church youth group, |
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| the Boy Scouts, and fellow enthusiasts; and
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| WHEREAS, Harold Hensold is survived by his wife Amy; his |
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| children, Sally Hundley (John), Jack (Debra Zabel), Ted (Daya |
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| Goldschlag), Nancy, and Richard (Diane Plante); his eight |
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| grandchildren; his brother Bill (Mary); and his sister, Jean |
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| Hull (Harold); therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Harold |
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| H. Hensold Jr.; 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 Harold H. Hensold Jr. as a symbol of |
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| our sympathy.
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