Full Text of SR0425 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Allan Morris Pickus, formerly of | 4 | | Waukegan, who passed away on August 16, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was a University of Illinois graduate in | 6 | | architecture and co-owner of Pickus Construction and Equipment | 7 | | Company from 1963 until his retirement in 1996; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He was active in the local construction industry, | 9 | | serving as President of the Lake County Contractors | 10 | | Association, Chairman of the Mid-America Regional Bargaining | 11 | | Association, Chairman of the Waukegan Zoning Board, and | 12 | | President of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In retirement, he and his wife were very | 14 | | passionate about their volunteer work at the Chicago Botanic | 15 | | Garden and The Living Desert of Palm Desert, California; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Louie; his | 17 | | mother, Lillian; and his brother, Edward; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Allan Pickus is survived by his wife, Meline; his | 19 | | children, Jeffry, James, Joel, and Louis (Sara); his brother, | 20 | | Nathan (Jane); his sister, Tamara (Marc); and his |
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| 1 | | grandchildren, Jordan, Max, Sam, Danielle, Madeleine, Rachel, | 2 | | Wynne, Jack, Charlie, Honor, and Henry; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 | | his family and friends, the passing of Allan Pickus; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Allan Pickus as a symbol of our | 9 | | sincere sympathy.
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