Full Text of HR1065 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate John William Straub on the | 4 | | occasion of his 90th birthday on April 14, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Straub was born at home in Park Ridge on | 6 | | April 14, 1926, the year before the first talking motion | 7 | | picture; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Straub survived a bout of pneumonia in fourth | 9 | | grade at a time when there were no antibiotics; he received his | 10 | | permit to drive at age 14 and lived by himself for 2 years with | 11 | | a housekeeper in Winnetka while his father served as Food | 12 | | Rationing Director for the United States under President | 13 | | Franklin Roosevelt; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, John Straub graduated from North Shore Country Day | 15 | | High School in June of 1944; he then enlisted in the United | 16 | | States Army Air Corps, where he ensured that the Army's Boca | 17 | | Raton Photography Lab had all the supplies it needed, which | 18 | | helped to win World War II; he subsequently graduated from Yale | 19 | | University in 1949; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1951, John Straub met Jane Easter, who worked | 21 | | in the Marshall Field's fashion office; he married her on a hot |
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| 1 | | day in Peru, Indiana on June 14, 1952; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, After working at the First National Bank of | 3 | | Chicago, John Straub joined his father at W.F. Straub & | 4 | | Company, a food manufacturer, in November of 1952, where he | 5 | | successfully sold honey, patented dried honey, and molasses | 6 | | under the SlowAsMolasses label; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, On August 15, 1955, John Straub and his wife had | 8 | | their first daughter, Joan Easter Straub, who lived her first | 9 | | year under the piano due to lack of space in their Chicago | 10 | | apartment; they had their second daughter, Jennifer Straub, on | 11 | | September 23, 1959; the couple lived at 528 Madison Avenue in | 12 | | Glencoe from 1956 to 1965, then moved to 771 Sheridan Road in | 13 | | Winnetka; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, John Straub has traveled extensively and has | 15 | | danced with Ginger Rogers; he worked as a director at William | 16 | | Blair from 1965 until his retirement in 1996; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, John Straub has been actively involved in | 18 | | volunteer work with the Wieboldt Foundation, the Executive | 19 | | Services Corporation, Planned Parenthood, the Juvenile | 20 | | Protective Association, and the Winnetka Caucus; he has also | 21 | | served as an election judge since 1990; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Following the passing of his first wife, John | 2 | | Straub dated Shirley Gately, whom he married on July 2, 2008; | 3 | | the couple holds the record as the oldest couple to be married | 4 | | in the history of Christ Church; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, John Straub is an outstanding father to his 2 | 6 | | daughters and a loving grandfather to Katherine, Jacqueline, | 7 | | John, Rebecca, and James; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 | | congratulate and honor John William Straub on the occasion of | 11 | | his 90th birthday and wish him all the best in his future | 12 | | endeavors; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to John Straub as an expression of our | 15 | | congratulations.
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