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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Budd Birnbaum of Wilmette, who recently
4 passed away; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Budd Birnbaum was born into a family of nine
6 children; his parents were Orthodox Jews who lived in Hyde
7 Park; he spent his early years at the Jackson Park golf course,
8 serving as caddy for Charles "Chick" Evans; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Budd Birnbaum and his best friend, Lionel, and
10 other young men from the neighborhood enlisted in the service
11 at the onset of World War II; he and Lionel enlisted in the
12 Army Air Corps, and Budd became a General's Adjutant, serving
13 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado; he later
14 requested combat duty and was sent to the Philippines and
15 Okinawa; he was the only young man from his neighborhood to
16 return home from the war, losing even his best friend during
17 conflict; and
 
18     WHEREAS, After teaching English at a Japanese grade school,
19 Budd Birnbaum returned home and worked in the music business;
20 at Lyon and Healy Records he met his future wife, Marilyn; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Together they moved to 97th Street on the

 

 

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1 Southside of Chicago and later moved the family to Wilmette;
2 and
 
3     WHEREAS, Budd Birnbaum was the beloved husband of the late
4 Marilyn, nee Blake; he was the loving father of Susan (Gerald)
5 Van Kollenburg, Michael (Julia) Birnbaum, Nancy Birnbaum
6 Blake, and Peter (Juliet) Birnbaum; he was the devoted "Papa"
7 of Elizabeth, Matthew, Laura, Rebecca, Samantha, Christopher,
8 Madeline, Ben, and Lucy; the dearest son of the late Elias and
9 Sara Birnbaum; and the youngest of nine siblings; therefore, be
10 it
 
11     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
12 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
13 his family and friends, the passing of Budd Birnbaum; and be it
14 further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to the family of Budd Birnbaum as a symbol of our
17 sincere sympathy.