Bill Text: IL SR0060 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Charles Joseph Novotny.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-01-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR0060 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0060-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Charles Joseph "Chuck" Novotny, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on January 19, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Chuck Novotny was born in Hinsdale to Charles and | ||||||
| 6 | Ruth Novotny on June 13, 1960; he graduated from Downers Grove | ||||||
| 7 | South High School in 1978 and North Central College in 1982; he | ||||||
| 8 | married Terri Otten in Bartlett on July 12, 1986 and received | ||||||
| 9 | his Masters of Guidance Counseling from Concordia University | ||||||
| 10 | Chicago in 1991; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Chuck Novotny was a social studies and 6th grade | ||||||
| 12 | teacher at Westfield Junior High in Bloomingdale and a guidance | ||||||
| 13 | counselor at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park; he had a | ||||||
| 14 | passion for coaching and coached Little League, middle school, | ||||||
| 15 | high school, and travel baseball, basketball, and soccer; his | ||||||
| 16 | influence on his players earned him his nickname, The Legend; | ||||||
| 17 | he was also known as "Mr. Chuck" to the neighborhood kids, | ||||||
| 18 | where he played an important part in their lives; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Chuck Novotny enjoyed traveling to watch his boys | ||||||
| 20 | play soccer and music; his road trips took him to music venues | ||||||
| 21 | as far as Minneapolis and to soccer stadiums from Denver to | ||||||
| 22 | eastern Canada, where he was always their biggest fans; he was | ||||||
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| 1 | a member of Saint John Neumann Catholic Church; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Chuck Novotny was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 3 | grandparents, Charles and Jennie Novotny and Joe and Dorothy | ||||||
| 4 | Vlasaty; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Chuck Novotny is survived by his wife of 32 years, | ||||||
| 6 | Terri; his sons, Corey (Brittany Rohling), Nick (Corrie | ||||||
| 7 | Strommen), and Mike (Taylor Smith); his parents; his siblings, | ||||||
| 8 | Janice Weigand (Brian Murphy) and Joe Novotny (Stacy Novotny); | ||||||
| 9 | and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 12 | Charles Joseph "Chuck" Novotny and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 13 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 14 | him; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Chuck Novotny as an expression of | ||||||
| 17 | our deepest sympathy.
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