Full Text of HR0631 095th General Assembly
HR0631 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Leo | 4 |
| DeMeyer of Grayslake, who passed away on July 19, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Leo DeMeyer grew up toiling on a Lake County farm | 6 |
| in an era before electricity and automation, carrying that work | 7 |
| ethic into everything he did; he borrowed money from local | 8 |
| farmers to found Grayslake Feed Sales in 1940, realizing the | 9 |
| growing need for grain, feed, and farm supplies for the 1,250 | 10 |
| dairy farms and roughly 400 cattle, hog, and poultry farms in | 11 |
| Lake County; the business is still family owned and operated by | 12 |
| DeMeyer's son, John; he also ran a 160-acre farm in the Round | 13 |
| Lake area, raised horses, and was involved in horse riding | 14 |
| clubs; and
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| WHEREAS, Leo DeMeyer served the Village of Grayslake as a | 16 |
| trustee from 1947 to 1961, and as mayor from 1961 to 1965; as a | 17 |
| trustee, he headed the committee to remodel Grayslake's village | 18 |
| hall; he was a charter member and past president of the | 19 |
| Grayslake Lions Club, a founding member of the Grayslake | 20 |
| Chamber of Commerce, and director and founding member of the | 21 |
| Lake County Savings & Loan; he was involved with the Squaw | 22 |
| Creek Drainage District for 10 years, the Grayslake Fire | 23 |
| Department for 20 years, and was a precinct committeeman for |
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| the Republican Party; he was a member of the Knights of | 2 |
| Columbus, the Grayslake Exchange Club, and St. Gilbert Catholic | 3 |
| Church; and he was a Boy Scout leader; and
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| WHEREAS, Leo DeMeyer was known throughout the Grayslake | 5 |
| community as a person who supported the village in anything | 6 |
| that it needed; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Leo | 10 |
| DeMeyer; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Leo DeMeyer as an expression of our | 13 |
| sympathy.
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