Full Text of SR2567 99th 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 William Dalrymple "Dal" Frost of Lake | 4 | | Forest, who passed away on January 1, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, William Frost was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota | 6 | | to Katherine N. Dalrymple and Jerome S. Frost on
December 31, | 7 | | 1926 and grew up in Wayzata, Minnesota; he was drafted into
the | 8 | | United States Army during the closing days of World War II and | 9 | | was deployed to Munich, Germany, serving with the Rainbow | 10 | | Division, 3rd Military
Government for Bavaria, where he | 11 | | assisted with the repatriation of displaced persons from Dachau | 12 | | and other area
concentration camps; he was discharged as a | 13 | | Sergeant at Fort Sheridan in 1946; he married Mary Bannerman in | 14 | | 1953; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, William Frost and a friend
bought a surplus army | 16 | | ambulance and drove from Minneapolis to Alaska on the Alaska | 17 | | Canadian Highway,
the first year it was opened to civilians | 18 | | after the war; he spent a year working in Anchorage as a | 19 | | laborer; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, William Frost returned to Minnesota and began a | 21 | | lifelong career in the newsprint sales business, starting with | 22 | | Minnesota Ontario Paper in 1950; he moved to the Chicago area |
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| 1 | | in 1953 and worked for the Great Lakes Paper; he retired as | 2 | | President of the Canadian Pacific
Newsprint Division; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, William Frost served on the Board of Directors of | 4 | | NICASA, ChildServ, Hazelton, Youth Communications, and the | 5 | | Bannerman
Foundation; he was a member of Onwentsia Club for 57 | 6 | | years and a longtime member of the Anglers Club of
Chicago; he | 7 | | loved spending time with
his family in northern Wisconsin, | 8 | | visiting his extended family in California, and spending time | 9 | | with Bill W., his friend of over 45 years; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, William Frost and his wife enjoyed traveling | 11 | | together, visiting Alaska, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, | 12 | | China,
Southeast Asia, and South America; he was active in his | 13 | | community and helped many people in need; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, William Frost was preceded in death by his wife of | 15 | | nearly 62 years, Mary; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, William Frost is survived by his children, | 17 | | Katherine "Katie" (David) Frost Bibbs, and
Will Frost (JoEllen | 18 | | Lottsfeldt); his grandchildren, Mary and Will Bibbs, and Sophie | 19 | | Frost; and his sister, Diane Wick; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | William Dalrymple "Dal" Frost, and extend our sincere | 2 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 3 | | him; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of William Frost as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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