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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Murray Ross Conzelman of Lake Forest, who 
4passed away on January 6, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Murray Conzelman was born in Waukegan on November 
62, 1929 to Murray Wilson and Jesse Edwards Conzelman; he 
7graduated from Waukegan High School, Lake Forest College, and 
8the Northwestern University School of Law; he married Barbara 
9Vasey in 1955; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Murray Conzelman started practicing law in 1953; 
11he was elected Alderman of the 7th Ward for the City of 
12Waukegan at the age of 23 and is the youngest person to have 
13ever been elected to that position; he was appointed by the 
14Illinois Supreme Court to its Rules Committee and served in 
15that capacity for many years; he was a founding member of the 
16Jefferson Inn, an American Inn of Court; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Murray Conzelman was President of the Waukegan 
18Jaycees, which awarded him its Distinguished Service Award and 
19named him Man of the Year; he was President of the Lake County 
20Bar Association in 1973 and the inaugural recipient of its 
21President's Award in 1996; he served on boards for the Lake 
22County Urban League, Barwell Homes, the Illinois St. Andrews 
 
 
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1Society, and Barat College; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Murray Conzelman was an avid St. Louis Cardinals 
3fan and attended Cardinals' camp 5 times; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Murray Conzelman was preceded in death by his 
5parents; his brother, John W. Conzelman, II; and his first 
6wife, Barbara; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Murray Conzelman is survived by his wife, Gwen; 
8his daughters, Anne (Craig) Linn, and their children, Nathan 
9(Katrina Stidham), Alex, Mollie, and Jack Linn; Lesley (Ellen 
10Schaller) Conzelman; and Carrie Conzelman; his step-children, 
11Lori (Kent) Baker, and their children, Jesica (Matt) Jones, 
12Alissa (John) McNicholas, Mary Gwen, and Madison Baker; Jim 
13(Maxwell) Gregory, and their children, Royce, Meredith, and 
14Mallory Gregory; his 7 great-grandchildren; and his brother, 
15James Conzelman, and his family; therefore, be it
  
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
17ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
18Murray Ross Conzelman, and extend our sincere condolences to 
19his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
20further
  
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
 
 
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1presented to the family of Murray Conzelman as an expression of 
2our deepest sympathy.