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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Guy H. Bodor of Aurora passed away on December 20,
3 2004; he was born February 18, 1922, to Louis and Hedwig
4 (Reginnitter) Bodor; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Guy proudly served in the United States Navy,
6 enlisting in 1940; he attended boot camp at Great Lakes Naval
7 Training Station, followed by Aviation Radio School in San
8 Diego, California; he survived the attack on Pearl Harbor while
9 serving aboard the USS San Francisco; he spent 56 months in the
10 Pacific theatre participating in the Wake Island relief
11 expedition, the attack on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, air
12 action off Bougainville, the SALAMAAU-LAE Raid, the Battle of
13 Cape Esperance, and the Battle of Guadalcanal; in 1943, he was
14 assigned to bombing squadron VB-140 based at the Russell
15 Islands for the new Georgia-Bougainville-New Ireland
16 campaigns; in 1944, he was assigned to patrol bombing squadron
17 VPB-123 and participated in the Okinawa invasion to end the
18 war; he was decorated many times, including a Purple Heart for
19 injuries sustained in the Battle of Guadalcanal; his unit
20 received the first Presidential Unit Citation for that action;
21 he also was awarded the Naval Air medal, Navy Good Conduct
22 medal, WWII Victory medal, American Defense medal, Asiatic
23 Pacific Campaign medal, American Campaign-Pacific Operations
24 medal, and the Naval Reserve Faithful Service medal; he
25 continued his service after World War II in the Naval Reserves
26 and was called to active duty in 1961; while in the reserves,
27 he received a commission and attained the rank of Chief Warrant
28 Officer 4, serving a total of 40 years until his retirement in
29 1982; and
 
30     WHEREAS, In 1946, He joined IBM and spent the next 41 years
31 working as a customer products service manager; and
 
32     WHEREAS, During retirement, he was active in the community

 

 

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1 at SciTech, Golden Kiwanis, and New England Congregational
2 Church; he was also a member of the Naval Order of the United
3 States and served as president of the Aurora Navy League; and
 
4     WHEREAS, He was proceeded in death by his parents; his
5 brothers, Richard, Robert, and James; and his sister Margaret,
6 in infancy; and
 
7     WHEREAS, A devoted husband, loving father and doting
8 grandfather, Guy is survived by his wife of 55 years, Bobbi
9 (Collatz) Bodor; his children, Suzanne (Bruce) Saunders, Aaron
10 (Tash Robb) Bodor, and Jeanne (Andrew) Larson; his
11 grandchildren, Logan Saunders, Seth and Marete Larson, and
12 Rowan Bodor; his brother-in-law, Fred (Anna) Collatz; and
13 several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 
14     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16 we mourn the passing of Guy H. Bodor and we extend our
17 sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and community;
18 and be it further
 
19     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
21 sympathy.