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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former
4Springfield Mayor Ossie Langfelder, who passed away on October
521, 2015; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Ossie Langfelder was a native of Austria; he fled
7during World War II and came to America in 1940 with his
8parents, Otto and Ruth Marie, and his sister, Edith Raven; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Ossie Langfelder served 8 years as Springfield's
10streets commissioner; he was mayor from 1987 to 1995, the first
118 years after Springfield city government changed from the
12commission form to the mayor-aldermanic form; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Ossie Langfelder published a book about his life
14titled "My Incredible Journey", chronicling his early years
15when his family escaped from Austria during World War II; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Ossie Langfelder and his wife, Mary "Midge", had
1713 children together; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
20mourn the passing of former Springfield Mayor Ossie Langfelder,

 

 

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1and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and
2all who knew and loved him; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to the family of Ossie Langfelder as an expression of
5our deepest sympathy.