Full Text of SR0461 093rd General Assembly
SR0461 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Eugene H. "Gene" Rawhoof of | 4 |
| Zion on Thursday, March 4, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Rawhoof was born on October 15, 1923 in Hardin | 6 |
| County and spent his early years in Pope County; he valiantly | 7 |
| served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II; he was | 8 |
| with the Third Fleet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme | 9 |
| Richard; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Rawhoof moved to Lake County in 1946, where he | 11 |
| married his wife, Virginia, in 1949; he worked at Manville | 12 |
| Corporation in Waukegan for several years before being elected | 13 |
| Business Representative of the International Chemical Workers | 14 |
| Union (ICWU) Local 60; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1968, Mr. Rawhoof became International | 16 |
| Representative for ICWU, a position he held until retirement in | 17 |
| 1988; during this time, he also served in many positions with | 18 |
| the AFL-CIO, including president of the Lake County AFL-CIO | 19 |
| Council (now Northeastern Illinois Federation of Labor, | 20 |
| AFL-CIO), chairman of the tenth congressional district COPE, | 21 |
| and Senior Consultant with the Illinois State AFL-CIO; and
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| WHEREAS, In recent years, Mr. Rawhoof served as an officer | 23 |
| in the Illinois Dunesland Preservation Society, a 60-year-old | 24 |
| organization devoted to the preservation, protection, and | 25 |
| improvement of Illinois Beach State Park, Lake Michigan, and | 26 |
| the surrounding area; he was active in many community | 27 |
| organizations, including as a member of Our Savior's | 28 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zion, as a former chairman of | 29 |
| the Zion Police & Fire Commission, as a member of the Board of | 30 |
| Directors of the Lake County Community Action Program and the | 31 |
| Lake County Council on Alcoholism, as a member of the Lake |
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| County Governmental Study Commission II, as a volunteer for | 2 |
| numerous Red Cross and United Way campaigns, and as a member of | 3 |
| the National Council of Senior Citizens and its successor | 4 |
| organization, the Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA), and | 5 |
| AARP; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Rawhoof was a driving force within the | 7 |
| Democratic Party, serving as a precinct committeeman for many | 8 |
| years, a delegate to the 1988 Democratic Nominating Convention, | 9 |
| and an officer of the Lake County Democratic Central Committee; | 10 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Eugene H. "Gene" Rawhoof has been | 12 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Virginia H. (nee | 13 |
| Riske) Rawhoof; his children, Donald E. Rawhoof and Sandra A. | 14 |
| (Gary) Kern; his grandsons, Gary Dale and Travis Eugene Kern; | 15 |
| his sisters, Madeline Carr, Catherine (Don) Riley, Ann | 16 |
| (William) Robinson, Doris (Donny) Millis, Loris (Eugene) | 17 |
| Walker, Violet Wyber, and Sandra and Celia Cornell; his | 18 |
| brothers, Curtis (Betty) Carman, Everette Carman, Herschel | 19 |
| (Francis) Carman, Hubert (Charlene) Carman, Wendell (Linda) | 20 |
| Carman, Jerry (Bonnie) Carman, Vivia Jim Cornell, and Marvin | 21 |
| Cornell; his aunt, Alta Hubbard; and his many nieces, nephews, | 22 |
| and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 24 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 25 |
| Eugene H. "Gene" Rawhoof, and we extend our deepest sympathy to | 26 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 27 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 29 |
| presented to the family of Eugene H. "Gene" Rawhoof as an | 30 |
| expression of our sincere condolences.
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