Full Text of HR1495 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former | 4 | | State Representative Sam W. Wolf of Granite City, who passed | 5 | | away on November 4, 2016; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wolf born in Venice to Earl and | 7 | | Elizabeth (Delaney) Wolf on January 4, 1919; he joined the | 8 | | United States Army in January of 1941 and was discharged as a | 9 | | Chief Warrant Officer in December of 1945, serving in both the | 10 | | Asiatic Pacific Theater and the European Theater; he married | 11 | | Mae Frank on November 9, 1946; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wolf served as the State | 13 | | Representative for the 56th District from 1974 to 1992; he was | 14 | | instrumental in having Belleville Area College change its name | 15 | | to South Western Illinois College (SWIC); the Granite City | 16 | | Campus was named the Sam Wolf Granite City Campus in his honor; | 17 | | he was elected a SWIC Trustee in 1995; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wolf owned and operated a real | 19 | | estate and insurance business in Granite City for many years; | 20 | | he was past President of the Granite City Real Estate Board; | 21 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wolf was elected as a delegate to | 2 | | the Democratic Mid Term National Conference in December of | 3 | | 1974, and elected as a Democratic National Committeeman from | 4 | | Illinois in June of 1975; he was Secretary-Treasurer of the | 5 | | Madison County Democratic Central Committee since 1970; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wolf was past President of the | 7 | | Granite City Kiwanis Club; he was also a member and on the | 8 | | Board of Directors of the Tri City Chamber of Commerce; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wolf was preceded in death by his | 10 | | parents; his wife, Mae; his son, Larry Wolf; his brother, Carl | 11 | | Wolf; and his daughter-in-law, Charlotte Diane (Corder) Wolf; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wolf is survived by his son, Dave | 14 | | (Candy) Wolf; his sister, Shirley Tretter; his | 15 | | daughter-in-law, Susan Wolf; his grandchildren, Renee Wolf, | 16 | | Damon (Rose) Wolf, Erin Wolf, Dave (Sheila) Wolf, and Tanya | 17 | | Kennedy; his great-grandchildren, Jake Wolf, J.D. Wolf, | 18 | | Mackenzie Kennedy, and Gavin Kennedy; and his extended family | 19 | | and many dear friends; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 | | mourn the passing of former State Representative Sam W. Wolf, |
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| 1 | | and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and | 2 | | all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Representative Wolf as an expression | 5 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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