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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Hugo Koranda of Burr Ridge, who passed
4 away on May 15, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago and grew up in La Grange;
6 he was a graduate of Lyons Township High School; he received
7 his Bachelor's degree and law degree from Northwestern
8 University; and
 
9     WHEREAS, After law school he worked as an attorney for
10 Montgomery Ward in Chicago; from 1942 to 1946 he served with
11 the United States Army in the Military Intelligence Division,
12 serving as a 1st lieutenant with duties related to the atomic
13 bomb project; and
 
14     WHEREAS, After serving in the military, he opened his legal
15 practice in La Grange, where one of his clients was Cicero
16 Federal Savings and Loan Association; in 1949, he accepted the
17 position of managing officer at Cicero Federal Savings and
18 Loan, which later became MidAmerica Bank; and
 
19     WHEREAS, He retired as chairman of the Board of MidAmerica
20 Bank in 1985; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Hugo Koranda is survived by his wife, Eunice; his
2 sons, Allen and Kenneth; his daughter, Janann; his five
3 grandchildren; and his four great-grandchildren; therefore, be
4 it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
7 his family and friends, the passing of Hugo Koranda; and be it
8 further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Hugo Koranda as a symbol of our
11 sincere sympathy.