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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were deeply
3 saddened to learn of the death of Frank Whiting Jr. on January
4 24, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. was born November 3, 1922 in
6 Chicago; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. had a distinguished education,
8 having graduated from the University of Illinois, where he was
9 an active member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. served in the Army and the Air
11 Force, serving in both World War II and the Korean War; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. retired at the rank of
13 lieutenant colonel after 28 years of combined military duty;
14 and
 
15     WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. retired from L.F. Rothschild in
16 Chicago, where he had worked for many years as a stock and bond
17 salesman; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. served as a Geneva Township
19 trustee; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. was a long time member and past
2 commander of Geneva American Legion Post 75; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. was a member of many local
4 organizations and a member of the First Congressional Church of
5 Geneva; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. was preceded in death by his
7 first wife, Cynthia; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. was a devoted husband to his
9 wife, Pearl; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Frank Whiting Jr. was the proud father of three
11 sons, Frank (Susan), William (Penny), and Timothy (Terri) and
12 grandfather to Paige, Ashley, Amy, Sophie, Jacob, Austin, and
13 Caroline; therefore, be it
 
14     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
15 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the loss of
16 Frank Whiting and his service to the State of Illinois, while
17 at the same time celebrating his legacy; and be it further
 
18     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this preamble and
19 resolution be presented to the family of Frank Whiting with our

 

 

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1 sincere sympathies.