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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Royal Walter Lauing of Naperville, who
4 passed away on June 28, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Royal Walter Lauing was born on November 18, 1921
6 in Blunt, South Dakota; his parents were Walter and Victoria
7 Lauing; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Royal Walter Lauing and his family moved to
9 Belmont when he was five years old; there he attended Puffer
10 Elementary, then graduated from Downers North High School in
11 1941; he enlisted in the United States Army immediately after
12 graduation, serving in General George Patton's 6th Armored
13 Division, 3rd Army, 25th Engineers Battalion in Europe during
14 the Second World War; his "Super Sixers" unit saw combat in The
15 Battle of the Bulge and participated in the liberation of
16 Buchenwald; after the war he made three pilgrimages to the
17 Patton Museum in the Mohave Desert in California and rode to
18 Washington, D.C. on The Journey to Honor trip to witness the
19 dedication of the WWII Memorial; and
 
20     WHEREAS, After the Second World War, Royal Walter Lauing
21 worked as a mechanic for his uncle at the Burgess Motor Garage
22 on Washington Street in downtown Naperville, where he met his

 

 

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1 future wife Marcianna Miller, who would come in to fuel her
2 car; they were married in 1946 and built a home that Royal
3 lived in for 61 years and where he raised his children; he also
4 worked for his father and learned the bricklayer trade; he
5 started his own sub-contractor business, Royal Lauing Masonry,
6 in the late 1950's; he worked as a builder for 60 years as one
7 of the longest standing members of the Bricklayers and Allied
8 Crafts Workers Local 74; his last major project before
9 retirement was to complete the 16 stone piers of Grand
10 Pavillion of the Naperville Riverwalk and the keystone piers to
11 the west branch promenade; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Royal Walter Lauing was an active member of VFW
13 Post 3879; he volunteered monthly at Hines Veteran's Hospital
14 in the spinal cord ward; he was a volunteer WWII living history
15 speaker with Naperville School District 203's HURRAH (Happy
16 Upbeat Recycled Retirees Actively Helping) Program for 18
17 years; he had taken basic PC computer training at Naperville
18 North High School in 2005, where he proved that "old dogs can
19 learn new tricks"; he was also a member of the Naperville
20 American Legion and took great joy in riding in Memorial Day
21 parades in antique vehicles; he was also a member of the
22 Naperville Heritage Society; and
 
23     WHEREAS, Royal Walter Lauing is survived by his children,
24 Daniel and Carolyn (Mel) Finzer; his granddaughters, Nicole and

 

 

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1 Deirdre Finzer; his brother, Donald Lauing; and his sisters,
2 Shirley Phelps and Barbara Kleb; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Royal Walter Lauing will be remembered by all who
4 knew and loved him as an honest, generous businessman with a
5 strong work ethic; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
8 his family and friends, the passing of Royal Walter Lauing; and
9 be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of Royal Walter Lauing as an expression
12 of our sympathy.