SR0208 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Henry S. Biedron of North Chicago, who passed away on March 28, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Henry S. Biedron was born on January 24, 1919 in North Chicago; his parents were Stanley and Karolina (Wydra) Biedron; and

WHEREAS, Henry S. Biedron was a graduate of Waukegan Township High School in 1937; he was an air cadet at Great Lakes; he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1940 to 1945 and was assigned to the USS J. Douglas Blackwood, a destroyer escort in the Pacific; after the war, he married Margaret Farrant on June 12, 1948 at Annunciation Catholic Church in Frankfort, Kansas; he retired as an accountant with Fansteel, Inc. in 1987, after 37 years of employment; and

WHEREAS, Henry S. Biedron was a member and lector at Queen of Peace Church in North Chicago; he was a member of the American Legion, the Northern Illinois Destroyer Escort Association, the National Destroyer Escort Association, the Stick & Rudder Club at the Waukegan Airport, the Experimental Airplane Association of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the Airplane Owners Pilots Associations, the Family Members of Women in Aviation, Knights of Columbus #731, and the Greater North Chicago Senior Citizen's Club; and

WHEREAS, Henry S. Biedron was preceded in death by his brother, Aloysius; his sisters, Sophie Phillips and Cecilia Neyrinck; and his parents; and

WHEREAS, Henry S. Biedron is survived by his wife, Margaret; his three sons, John G. (Jackie), Henry S. (Patricia), and Chris (Millie) Biedron; his grandchildren, Nichole, Peter, Lindsey, and Caroline; and his sister, Mary Loser; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Henry S. Biedron; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Henry S. Biedron as an expression of our sympathy.