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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives saddened to learn of the death of Dr. John | ||||||
4 | "Jack" Henry Boarini of Lake Villa, who passed away on May 27, | ||||||
5 | 2014; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Dr. Boarini was born in Chicago on March 8, 1930 | ||||||
7 | to Dr. Edward Vincent and Edelle (nee Odenbreck) Boarini; he | ||||||
8 | married Nancy Grant on August 26, 1950; he graduated from the | ||||||
9 | Loyola School of Dentistry in 1955 and entered the United | ||||||
10 | States Air Force that same year; he was honorably discharged in | ||||||
11 | 1958; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Dr. Boarini moved to Antioch 1968 and bought his | ||||||
13 | dental practice in 1972 at Orchard Medical; he built the | ||||||
14 | largest professional building in Antioch, The Heritage | ||||||
15 | Building, in 1975; his dental office, Heritage Dental, is still | ||||||
16 | serving the community; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Dr. Boarini was a member of the Lion's Club since | ||||||
18 | the early 1970s; he helped initiate the eye wear collection | ||||||
19 | boxes for the Lions in Antioch, which donated glasses and | ||||||
20 | hearing aids to the needy; he was a Rotary International double | ||||||
21 | Paul Harris Fellow and had been an active supporter of St. | ||||||
22 | Peter Church and served as a School Board Member for 8 years; |
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1 | at his home on Maui, he founded a mobile dental unit for the | ||||||
2 | poor and received the Father Damion Award from the State of | ||||||
3 | Hawaii; after visiting St. Francis Catholic Mission in South | ||||||
4 | Dakota on a hunting trip, he began work on opening a dental | ||||||
5 | clinic there for Native Americans; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, Dr. Boarini was affectionately known by many | ||||||
7 | monickers, including "the singing dentist", "the tireless | ||||||
8 | volunteer", "the die-hard golfer", and "the never-ending giver | ||||||
9 | to the needy"; he had a love for hunting, and, while in the Air | ||||||
10 | Force in Wyoming, started the family tradition of annual big | ||||||
11 | game hunts out west and was well known as a great hunter into | ||||||
12 | his 83rd year; he was a fan of the Chicago Cubs and Chicago | ||||||
13 | Bears; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Dr. Boarini was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
15 | and
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16 | WHEREAS, Dr. Boarini and his wife were the parents of 8 | ||||||
17 | children, Dr. David (Michelle), Dr. Mark (Kathy), Kathy (the | ||||||
18 | late Ernie) Boggs, Chris Boarini, Paul (Mila), Karen Staten, | ||||||
19 | Dr. Daniel J. (fiancée Kathryn), and Matthew (Barbara); 34 | ||||||
20 | grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
22 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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1 | we mourn the passing of Dr. John "Jack" Henry Boarini, and | ||||||
2 | extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all | ||||||
3 | who knew and loved him; and be it further
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4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
5 | presented to the family of Dr. Boarini as an expression of our | ||||||
6 | deepest sympathy.
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