Full Text of HR0836 97th 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 Lester F. | 4 | | Macko of Cary, who passed away on January 12, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born September 2, 1930, to Frank and Anne | 6 | | Macko, and lived his entire life in the Cary and Fox River | 7 | | Grove area; he married Frances Cassell in 1952 and they had 5 | 8 | | children, the late Steven, Anne, Jeff, Leslie, and Carlene | 9 | | Macko; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He proudly served in the United States Army as a | 11 | | Private First Class during the Korean War from 1952 to 1954; | 12 | | upon his honorable discharge he became a lifetime member of the | 13 | | Frank H. Nagel Jr. Post of the American Legion in Fox River | 14 | | Grove; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Along with his brother, Karl, he founded and | 16 | | operated Macko Brothers Construction in McHenry County; he | 17 | | joined the Cary Fire Protection District in 1963 as a volunteer | 18 | | firefighter; his dedication to fire safety lead to his | 19 | | promotion as Fire Chief in 1975; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, He was an innovator in the development of | 21 | | emergency medical training of paramedics in the 1970s, helping |
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| 1 | | organize the McHenry/Western Lake County Emergency Medical | 2 | | System, and later helped found the Fire Science program at | 3 | | McHenry College, which continues to provide critical training | 4 | | to firefighters; his leadership lead to the hiring of the Cary | 5 | | Fire Protection District's first full-time paramedic and to the | 6 | | purchase of the District's first Mobile Intensive Care Unit; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, His leadership was critical as a founding member | 9 | | of McHenry County's Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS Division | 10 | | 5) that provides pre-planned response of fire and rescue | 11 | | services to other communities when a large scale emergency | 12 | | occurs that requires the assistance of other fire departments, | 13 | | and he was an important factor in MABAS-IL becoming a model for | 14 | | other states; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, His dedication to fire protection and public | 16 | | safety lead to the decisions of his son Steven and his son Jeff | 17 | | in becoming firefighters; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, He retired from the Cary Fire Protection District | 19 | | after 37 years of service, serving as Chief for 25 years; after | 20 | | his retirement he remained active in the Illinois Fire Chiefs, | 21 | | the McHenry County Fire Chiefs, and the Lake County Fire Chiefs | 22 | | associations, and in 2008, was named Fire Chief Emeritus by the | 23 | | Illinois Fire Chiefs Association; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, | 2 | | Frances Macko; his son Steve Macko; and his brother, Karl | 3 | | Macko; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Lester Macko is survived by his children, Anne | 5 | | Macko, Jeff Macko, Leslie Macko, and Carlene Macko; his | 6 | | grandchildren, Amy Tamason, Kayla Macko, Stephanie Nommensen, | 7 | | Jeffrey Sandburg, and Carl Macko; his great-grandchildren, | 8 | | Brayden, Dylan, Quinn, and Loralye; his sister, Doris Nastal; | 9 | | and his daughter-in-law, Diane Grever; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we mourn, along with his family, friends, and all whose lives | 13 | | he touched, the passing of retired Cary Fire Protection | 14 | | District Chief Lester F. Macko; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Lester F. Macko and to the Cary Fire | 17 | | Protection District as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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