Full Text of SR0824 95th General Assembly
SR0824 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Louis J. "Corky" Sehring of St. Charles, | 4 |
| who passed away June 13, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis J. "Corky" Sehring ran First National Bank | 6 |
| of Batavia, and it was later sold to Harris Bank; Mr. Sehring | 7 |
| remained president of Harris Batavia and eventually became | 8 |
| president of Harris St. Charles and Harris Geneva as well; from | 9 |
| 1994 through 2005, as president of Harris St. Charles, Mr. | 10 |
| Sehring doubled the total assets of the bank and
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| oversaw the construction and opening of the South Elgin branch; | 12 |
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| WHEREAS, After his retirement in February 2007, he | 14 |
| continued to serve on the Harris St. Charles-Batavia Region | 15 |
| Advisory Board of Directors; he was born and raised in Joliet | 16 |
| and attended St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, | 17 |
| Wisconsin for two years before he transferred to Joliet Central | 18 |
| High School, where he graduated; he went on to earn a | 19 |
| bachelor's degree in history from Louisiana State University in | 20 |
| 1965; after graduation, he spent a few months traveling Europe; | 21 |
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| WHEREAS, When he returned, he attended Northern Illinois |
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| University where he met his wife and earned a master's degree | 2 |
| in marketing and finance in 1968; the couple married in 1970; | 3 |
| he joined Peat Marwick Mitchell in Chicago as an auditor but | 4 |
| returned to Joliet where he joined Louis Joliet Bank as a loan | 5 |
| officer; he became president of East Joliet Bank in 1974; he | 6 |
| attended Rutgers University, where he received an advanced | 7 |
| degree in banking in 1975; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Sehring served on the board of directors of | 9 |
| Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet for 30 years and held the | 10 |
| positions of secretary, treasurer, and chairman of the | 11 |
| Strategic Finance Committee; he also held the position of | 12 |
| honorary chairman of the board for two months in 2007; he was | 13 |
| the owner of several Harley Davidson motorcycles and liked to | 14 |
| bike, shoot, ski, golf, sail, and fish; Mr. Sehring also was on | 15 |
| the board of trustees and a former chairman of the board of St. | 16 |
| John's Northwestern Military Academy, director of the | 17 |
| Mid-Valley Neighborhood Improvement Association, and a member | 18 |
| of the St.
Charles Housing Commission in St. Charles; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Sehring is survived by his wife, Cheri; his | 20 |
| two daughters, Molly and Kelly; and a sister, Sue Hutchison; | 21 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 23 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Louis J. "Corky" | 2 |
| Sehring; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of Louis J. "Corky" Sehring as an | 5 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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