Bill Text: IL SR1717 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Thomas F. Sturr of Pentwater, Michigan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1717 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1717-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 Thomas F. Sturr of Pentwater, Michigan, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on August 23, 2014; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Thomas Sturr was born in Chicago on August 30, | ||||||
| 6 | 1935 to Anthony and Estelle (nee Rimkus) Sturr; he graduated | ||||||
| 7 | from St. Ignatius High School (now St. Ignatius College Prep) | ||||||
| 8 | in 1953 and studied at John Carroll University; he later | ||||||
| 9 | graduated from the University of Detroit (now University of | ||||||
| 10 | Detroit Mercy) with a degree in architectural engineering; he | ||||||
| 11 | married Dolores Kuchar in Berwyn on January 25, 1958, and they | ||||||
| 12 | settled in Oak Park; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Thomas Sturr worked with architectural firms | ||||||
| 14 | Shaw, Metz & Dolio and C.F. Murphy Associates and then became a | ||||||
| 15 | partner with Perkins & Will; he then started his own firm, | ||||||
| 16 | Thomas F. Sturr Architect, in Oak Park; he later formed the | ||||||
| 17 | firm Sturr Young Associates; his projects included the | ||||||
| 18 | restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple, with the | ||||||
| 19 | consultation of Frank Lloyd Wright's son, Lloyd; his other | ||||||
| 20 | projects included working on banks, commercial institutions, | ||||||
| 21 | and the Oak Park Mall in the 1970s; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Thomas Sturr was a competitive | ||||||
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| 1 | Chicago-to-Mackinac sailboat racer since 1960; he discovered | ||||||
| 2 | Pentwater, Michigan on a return trip from Mackinac Island and | ||||||
| 3 | moved his family there in 1976; his architectural firm in | ||||||
| 4 | Pentwater contributed to the harbor skyline with numerous | ||||||
| 5 | projects, including St. Vincent Catholic Church; after | ||||||
| 6 | retirement in June of 1998, he developed his love of watercolor | ||||||
| 7 | painting while continuing to work on architectural projects; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Thomas Sturr was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
| 10 | and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Thomas Sturr is survived by his wife of 56 years, | ||||||
| 12 | Dolores; his 5 sons, Mark, Kurt (Kathy), Tomas (Beth), Eric | ||||||
| 13 | (Heather), and John (Madeline); his 8 grandchildren, Anthony, | ||||||
| 14 | Andrea, Cameron, Kailey, Cooper, Brendan, Alec, and Connor; 2 | ||||||
| 15 | great-grandchildren, Dylan and Brady; his brother, Edward | ||||||
| 16 | (Penny) Sturr; his brother-in-law, Chuck (Betsy) Kuchar; and | ||||||
| 17 | many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 20 | Thomas F. Sturr, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 21 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 22 | further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Thomas Sturr as an expression of our | ||||||
| 3 | deepest sympathy.
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