Bill Text: IL SR0336 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Leon Shlofrock of Skokie.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-06-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR0336 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0336-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 Leon Shlofrock of Skokie, who passed away | ||||||
4 | on September 12, 2008; and
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5 | WHEREAS, He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a | ||||||
6 | Polish immigrant furrier; he was a graduate of Lincoln High | ||||||
7 | School in Brooklyn and took classes at the University of | ||||||
8 | Chicago and George Washington University; and
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9 | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army during World | ||||||
10 | War II, fighting in France and was shot in battle; he was later | ||||||
11 | made an honorary colonel by former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, After the war he became active in the labor | ||||||
14 | movement in New York City and was an officer in the Amalgamated | ||||||
15 | Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America; in 1955 he came to | ||||||
16 | Chicago and held positions that included serving as a business | ||||||
17 | manager with a local of the Chicago Fur Workers Union, where he | ||||||
18 | retired in 1968; and
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19 | WHEREAS, He started what is now the Illinois Long Term Care | ||||||
20 | Council, representing more than 200 Illinois health-care | ||||||
21 | facilities today; he was the owner of Betcare Associates, a |
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1 | family-owned company that owns long-term care facilities; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Mr. Shlofrock was the owner of numerous | ||||||
3 | thoroughbred horses and was a regular at horse tracks; he was | ||||||
4 | appointed to the Illinois Racing Board in 2000 by former | ||||||
5 | Illinois Governor George Ryan and stepped down in 2004; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Leon Shlofrock is survived by his wife, Jean; his | ||||||
7 | sons, John and Mike; his daughter, Elisa Zusman; and five | ||||||
8 | grandchildren; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
11 | his family and friends, the passing of Leon Shlofrock; and be | ||||||
12 | it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to the family of Leon Shlofrock as a symbol of our | ||||||
15 | sincere sympathy.
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