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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Jack L. Ostrem of Joliet; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was born on June 23, 1931 to Arthur K.
5and Adeline (nee Rossi) Ostrem; he graduated from Joliet
6Township High School (JTHS) in 1949 and attended Bradley
7University and Joliet Jr. College (JJC); and
 
8    WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was employed by the Chicago Newspaper
9Agency for 10 years, United States Rubber, Joliet Arsenal, and
10the Argonne National Laboratory; he retired as a warehouse
11supervisor from Northern Petrochemical/Lyondell in Morris,
12with 23 years of service; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was always interested in sports and
14high school and college football teams; he was JTHS wrestling
15team captain, Central AAU Conference Wrestling Champion, Lt.
16heavyweight, 1949, and Captain of the first JJC football team;
17he coached Joliet Park District baseball teams and the YMCA
18wrestling team, including 2 years as State Champions; he was a
19sports writer for the Joliet Herald News and Spectator
20newspapers; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was a Friend of Bill W. for over 40

 

 

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1years, a lifetime member of the Joliet Alano Club, a past
2delegate to the National Institute on Aging, Panel 34, East
3Central Region Trustee, 1997-2001, and Alcoholics Anonymous
4World Services Chair; he was a past board member of The Joliet
5Halfway House (now Stepping Stones) and the South Suburban
6Council on Alcoholism, volunteering there for 25 years; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem was preceded in death by his son, John
8Ross Ostrem; his parents; his brother, Phillip Ostrem; and his
9mother-in-law, Edith (Pence B.) Orr; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Jack Ostrem is survived by his wife of 65 years,
11Emita Orr Ostrem; his daughter, Dawn (Charles) Fitzgerald; his
12daughter-in-law, Deena Ostrem Brown; his nephews, Paul (Linda)
13Ostrem, Tom (Judy) Ostrem, and Tim Ostrem; and his cousins,
14Marilyn Capasse (Robert) Verden, Deloras Wilmette, Virginia
15Rossi Zupancic, and Douglas Ostrem; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
17ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
18Jack L. Ostrem, and extend our sincere condolences to his
19family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
20further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22presented to the family of Jack Ostrem as an expression of our

 

 

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1deepest sympathy.