Bill Text: IL SR0797 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Gordon George Frey of Geneva.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-25 - Resolution Adopted [SR0797 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0797-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 Gordon George Frey of Geneva, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on July 22, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey was born in Oak Park to Julius and | ||||||
6 | Frieda (Elfring) Frey on October 5, 1923 and spent his early | ||||||
7 | life in Bensenville; he studied civil engineering at North | ||||||
8 | Central College in Naperville; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey served with the United States Army | ||||||
10 | Corp of Engineers during World War II, locating land mines in | ||||||
11 | France; he was captured and sent to Oflag 64 in Szubin, Poland; | ||||||
12 | as the Russians advanced, he and the other prisoners were | ||||||
13 | forced to march hundreds of miles in freezing temperatures to | ||||||
14 | other camps in Poland and Germany; he was finally liberated in | ||||||
15 | April of 1945 at Moosberg; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey married June on May 29, 1947 and ran | ||||||
17 | his land surveying company from the home that he and June built | ||||||
18 | themselves on land adjacent to June's family farm in Lisle; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey helped establish the Lisle school | ||||||
20 | districts and was a member of the elementary and high school | ||||||
21 | boards in the 1950s; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey and June retired to Geneva in 1984 | ||||||
2 | spending the next 30 years doing home improvements, | ||||||
3 | landscaping, gardening, and enjoying the company of many | ||||||
4 | wonderful neighbors who became family; his greatest joy was | ||||||
5 | seeing his family and friends succeed; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey was preceded in death by his daughter, | ||||||
7 | Barbara Brodski; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Gordon Frey is survived by his wife, June; his | ||||||
9 | children, Bruce (Becky) Frey, Barry (Colleen) Frey, and Beth | ||||||
10 | (Paul) Von Driska; his grandchildren, Audra (Byron) Hudson, | ||||||
11 | Benjamin Frey, Michael Von Driska, Ken Biewer, and Kevin | ||||||
12 | Biewer; his great-grandchild, Cyrus Hudson; and his beloved | ||||||
13 | cat, "Cat 2", who he and June saved from the streets; | ||||||
14 | therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
17 | Gordon George Frey, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
18 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
19 | further
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20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
21 | presented to the family of Gordon Frey as an expression of our |
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1 | deepest sympathy.
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