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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Allan Morris Pickus, formerly of
4Waukegan, who passed away on August 16, 2011; and
 
5    WHEREAS, He was a University of Illinois graduate in
6architecture and co-owner of Pickus Construction and Equipment
7Company from 1963 until his retirement in 1996; and
 
8    WHEREAS, He was active in the local construction industry,
9serving as President of the Lake County Contractors
10Association, Chairman of the Mid-America Regional Bargaining
11Association, Chairman of the Waukegan Zoning Board, and
12President of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce; and
 
13    WHEREAS, In retirement, he and his wife were very
14passionate about their volunteer work at the Chicago Botanic
15Garden and The Living Desert of Palm Desert, California; and
 
16    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Louie; his
17mother, Lillian; and his brother, Edward; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Allan Pickus is survived by his wife, Meline; his
19children, Jeffry, James, Joel, and Louis (Sara); his brother,
20Nathan (Jane); his sister, Tamara (Marc); and his

 

 

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1grandchildren, Jordan, Max, Sam, Danielle, Madeleine, Rachel,
2Wynne, Jack, Charlie, Honor, and Henry; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
5his family and friends, the passing of Allan Pickus; and be it
6further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of Allan Pickus as a symbol of our
9sincere sympathy.