Bill Text: IL SR1886 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of William A. Wolf.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR1886 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR1886-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 William A. "Bill" Wolf; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Bill Wolf was born in Rockford to CJ "Doc" and | ||||||
5 | Mabel Frances Wolf on June 14, 1930; he graduated from | ||||||
6 | Belvidere High School in 1947, where he was a member of the | ||||||
7 | undefeated 1946 football team; he married Sara Tyson on April | ||||||
8 | 26, 1952 and graduated from Lake Forest College shortly | ||||||
9 | thereafter; he served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at | ||||||
10 | Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Bill Wolf returned to Belvidere in 1954 and began | ||||||
12 | working in the family automotive business, Wolf Chevrolet Sales | ||||||
13 | Inc.; he became the dealer operator in August of 1962; he was | ||||||
14 | involved with the Illinois Automobile Dealer Association | ||||||
15 | (IADA), serving as board president in 1988, and the National | ||||||
16 | Automobile Dealer Association (NADA), serving as the elected | ||||||
17 | state of Illinois representative for 19 years; he received the | ||||||
18 | Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award in 1993 and served on the | ||||||
19 | Chevrolet National Dealer Council; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Bill Wolf was a founding member of the Boone | ||||||
21 | County Conservation District and the Sister Cities | ||||||
22 | Association; he served as Belvidere Chamber of Commerce |
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1 | president and received its Doctor of Civic Betterment Award in | ||||||
2 | 2011; he served on the Boone County Board, where he took an | ||||||
3 | active role in construction of the Belvidere Public Safety | ||||||
4 | Building; he was an active IOU Club member for 64 years and a | ||||||
5 | past president; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Bill Wolf was a lifelong member of St. James | ||||||
7 | Catholic Church in Belvidere; he and Sara were active | ||||||
8 | volunteers and enjoyed traveling with friends; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Bill Wolf was preceded in death by his wife of | ||||||
10 | over 66 years, Sara; his parents; his son, Thomas; his | ||||||
11 | grandson, David; and his sister, Susan; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Bill Wolf is survived by his children, John | ||||||
13 | (Candy) Wolf, Michael (Joyce) Wolf, Callie (Jim) Marrs, and | ||||||
14 | Chris (Norman White) Wolf; his grandchildren, Janna (Dan) | ||||||
15 | Earley, Scott (Katie) Wolf, Nickolas (Sarah) Wolf, Joseph | ||||||
16 | (Char) Wolf, Frank Wolf, Mitch Wolf, Matthew Wolf, Mary Wolf, | ||||||
17 | Katie (JC) Fanning, Greg (Katie) Marrs, Lisa (John) Liebgott, | ||||||
18 | Jeff (Kelly) Marrs, Stephen Wolf, Aaron Wolf, and Alex Wolf; | ||||||
19 | his great-grandchildren, Alice Earley, Maeve Earley, Kendall | ||||||
20 | Wolf, Kyle Wolf, Ethan Wolf, Kiley Fanning, Ally Fanning, Henry | ||||||
21 | Marrs, Nora Marrs, Amelia Marrs, Evelyn Marrs, Sawyer Marrs, | ||||||
22 | and Griffin Marrs; and his brother, Jack (Peggy) Wolf; | ||||||
23 | therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
3 | William A. "Bill" Wolf, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
4 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
5 | further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to the family of Bill Wolf as an expression of our | ||||||
8 | deepest sympathy.
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