Full Text of SR2116 100th 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 Harold James Klaman of Danville, who | 4 | | passed away on October 13, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Harold Klaman was born in Danville Township to | 6 | | Franklin and Anna Hayman Klaman on March 25, 1925; he was a | 7 | | member of the Danville High School Class of 1943 but left | 8 | | school at 17 before the end of his senior year to enter the | 9 | | armed services; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Harold Klaman joined the U.S. Army Air Force and | 11 | | served as a bombardier in a B-17 warplane named the Milk Run; | 12 | | he graduated from officer's training school and was | 13 | | commissioned as a lieutenant and assigned to the Debach Air | 14 | | Base near Ipswich, England as a member of the 861st Bombardment | 15 | | Squadron of the 493rd Bomb Group; he completed his full 25 | 16 | | missions over western Europe and Germany and was awarded the | 17 | | Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three | 18 | | clusters; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Harold Klaman returned to Danville in August of | 20 | | 1945; he earned his bachelor's degree in education from | 21 | | Illinois State Normal University and his master's degree from | 22 | | the University of Illinois; he served as a member of the |
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| 1 | | Danville School District No. 118 faculty for 33 years beginning | 2 | | in 1950 and married Shirley Ann Mauck on June 10, 1953; he | 3 | | taught and served as coach at Franklin, Edison, and Collett | 4 | | Elementary Schools for nine years; from 1959 to 1964, he was | 5 | | the principal of Lincoln and Fairchild Elementary Schools; he | 6 | | was principal of East Park Jr. High School from 1964 to 1977; | 7 | | he was Director of Vocational Education at Danville High School | 8 | | for six years until his retirement in 1983; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Harold Klaman had the ability to repair almost any | 10 | | motor and to construct, repair, and modify most structures; he | 11 | | was very proud of building his family's house himself in 1956 | 12 | | on the neighboring lot to his parents' home; he remodeled and | 13 | | made two additions to his home and resided there for the | 14 | | remainder of his life; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Harold Klaman was a member of St. Paul's Roman | 16 | | Catholic Church for 83 years; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Harold Klaman took pride in being one of the | 18 | | passengers on an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.; his | 19 | | grandson, Ryan, accompanied him on this special occasion and | 20 | | also nominated him for two veteran honors that he received, | 21 | | including being named to the veterans Wall of Honor at Kenneth | 22 | | D. Bailey Academy; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Harold Klaman was preceded in death by his wife, | 2 | | Shirley, and his sister, Marjorie Klaman (Wayne) Denman; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Harold Klaman is survived by his daughter, | 4 | | Kimberly Ann (Duane) Webber; his grandchildren, Ryan (Hilary) | 5 | | Cerutti, Earl (Ashley) Webber, and Andrew (Emilie) Webber; his | 6 | | great-grandchildren, Olivia and Ava Cerutti, Tyler and Jacob | 7 | | Webber, and Keaghan, Jay, and Willow Webber; his nephews, Mark | 8 | | Denman and Greg (Janet) Denman; his niece, Ann (William) Blair; | 9 | | and his great-nephews and nieces, Jay (Jena) O'Blenis, Tim | 10 | | (Keira) O'Blenis, Margie (Brent) Lockhart, Mark J. Denman, and | 11 | | Judy Denman; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Harold James Klaman and extend our sincere condolences to his | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Harold Klaman as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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