Bill Text: IL HR0678 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Robert Locke of Aurora.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-01-31 - Resolution Adopted [HR0678 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0678-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Robert H. | ||||||
| 4 | "Bob" Locke of Aurora, who passed away on December 4, 2011; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, He was born December 31, 1930 in Appleton, | ||||||
| 6 | Wisconsin, the son of the late Floyd and Mable (Wickesberg) | ||||||
| 7 | Locke; he grew up and went to Appleton Senior High School and | ||||||
| 8 | was a graduate of Gale Institute and Midwestern Broadcasting | ||||||
| 9 | School in Chicago; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, In 1952, he joined the United States Army and was | ||||||
| 11 | in the Signal Corps during the Korean War; he started | ||||||
| 12 | broadcasting news and sports in Escanaba, Michigan; he then | ||||||
| 13 | moved back to Aurora and worked for WMRO and WKKD broadcasting | ||||||
| 14 | high school sports; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, He was inducted into the Illinois Hall of Fame, | ||||||
| 16 | News Media in 1995; he was also inducted into the East Aurora | ||||||
| 17 | Sports Hall of Fame; he held a passion for broadcasting high | ||||||
| 18 | school sports and fast pitch softball; he was an avid fan of | ||||||
| 19 | the Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin Badgers, and had a genuine | ||||||
| 20 | love for all sports; he was elected Commissioner of Public | ||||||
| 21 | Health and Safety for the city of Aurora and served from 1973 | ||||||
| 22 | to 1977; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, He worked for many years at Home Savings and Loan | ||||||
| 2 | in downtown Aurora until his retirement; he also served as | ||||||
| 3 | president and trustee for 20 years at Fox Metro Water | ||||||
| 4 | Reclamation District; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Robert Locke is survived by his loving wife of 57 | ||||||
| 6 | years, Elsie Kissel; his children, Joseph (Hallie) Locke, James | ||||||
| 7 | (Jill) Locke, Lori Werner, and Lisa (Scott) Felker; his | ||||||
| 8 | grandchildren, Steven Locke, Adam (Jessica) Locke, Jimmy | ||||||
| 9 | Locke, Ben Locke, Robbie Locke, Kyle Werner, Hannah Werner, | ||||||
| 10 | Troy and Peter Medlin, and Caleb and Jacob Felker; as well as | ||||||
| 11 | many wonderful nieces and nephews; he was preceded in death by | ||||||
| 12 | his daughter, Judith Ann Locke; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Robert Locke; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Robert Locke as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 19 | sincere sympathy.
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