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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
Henry S. Biedron of North Chicago, who 
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passed away on March 28, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Henry S. Biedron was born on January 24, 1919 in 
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North Chicago; his parents were Stanley and Karolina (Wydra) 
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Biedron; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Henry S. Biedron was a graduate of Waukegan 
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Township High School in 1937; he was an air cadet at Great 
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Lakes; he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1940 
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to 1945 and was assigned to the USS J. Douglas Blackwood, a 
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destroyer escort in the Pacific; after the war, he married 
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Margaret Farrant on June 12, 1948 at Annunciation Catholic 
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Church in Frankfort, Kansas; he retired as an accountant with 
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Fansteel, Inc. in 1987, after 37 years of employment; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Henry S. Biedron was a member and lector at Queen 
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of Peace Church in North Chicago; he was a member of the 
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American Legion, the Northern Illinois Destroyer Escort 
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Association, the National Destroyer Escort Association, the 
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Stick & Rudder Club at the Waukegan Airport, the Experimental 
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Airplane Association of Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, the Airplane 
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Owners Pilots Associations, the Family Members of Women in 
 


 






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Aviation, Knights of Columbus #731, and the Greater North 
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Chicago Senior Citizen's Club; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Henry S. Biedron was preceded in death by his  
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brother, Aloysius; his sisters, Sophie Phillips and Cecilia 
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Neyrinck; and his parents; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Henry S. Biedron is survived by his wife, 
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Margaret; his three sons, John G. (Jackie), Henry S. 
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(Patricia), and Chris (Millie) Biedron; his grandchildren, 
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Nichole, Peter, Lindsey, and Caroline; and his sister, Mary 
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Loser; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH 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 Henry S. Biedron; 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 Henry S. Biedron as an expression of 
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our sympathy.