Bill Text: IL SR1988 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dennis "Denny" Lee Polk of Springfield.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR1988 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1988-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 Dennis "Denny" Lee Polk of Springfield, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on May 29, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk was born on June 17, 1955 in | ||||||
| 6 | Springfield; his parents were William "Bill" Polk, Jr. and | ||||||
| 7 | Donna Polk; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk began his career as a funeral director | ||||||
| 9 | and embalmer; in 1999, he and his former wife opened the Staab | ||||||
| 10 | Polk Memorial Home in Chatham; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk worked in real estate for three | ||||||
| 12 | decades; he had a passion for real estate and historic | ||||||
| 13 | preservation and was an avid entrepreneur; he was most recently | ||||||
| 14 | the broker and owner of The Real Estate Firm; he owned several | ||||||
| 15 | well-known bars throughout the years in the Springfield area, | ||||||
| 16 | including Biggie's and Bubba's, Miss Kitty's, Brewhaus, and | ||||||
| 17 | Floyd's; he was a partner in the Hilton (now Wyndham) Hotel | ||||||
| 18 | since 1989; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk received the Historic Preservation | ||||||
| 20 | Award in 1994 for his work in downtown Springfield, including | ||||||
| 21 | the Booth-Grunendike Mansion and the former Grand Hotel; | ||||||
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| 1 | downtown Springfield would have many more parking lots had it | ||||||
| 2 | not been for his adaptive reuse of buildings; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk was the recipient of the Small | ||||||
| 4 | Businessman of the Year Award in 1989 through the Greater | ||||||
| 5 | Springfield Chamber of Commerce; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 7 | grandparents, Loren and Gladys Wilgus, William and Elizabeth | ||||||
| 8 | Polk, and Emma Polk; his niece, Gina; and his four-legged | ||||||
| 9 | "kids", Zeus and Chief; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Dennis Polk is survived by his wife, Monique; his | ||||||
| 11 | children, Christine Marie (Brian) Mohr, Mark Vincent (Melissa) | ||||||
| 12 | Polk, Karla Denise (Arthur) St. Germain, Megan Nicole Polk, and | ||||||
| 13 | Chloe Michael Young; his former wife, Paula J. Staab Polk; his | ||||||
| 14 | grandchildren, William "Will" Connor, Ainslie Madeline, Rose | ||||||
| 15 | Marie, Zelda Anne, Katherine "Katie" Ruth, Magnolia "Maggie" | ||||||
| 16 | Gail, and Gertrude "Gigi" Lee; his sisters, Karen (Larry) Fagg | ||||||
| 17 | and Sharon (Carl) Rudin; his nieces and nephews, Kari (John) | ||||||
| 18 | Neathammer, Larry Fagg (Stephanie Berry), Sara (Sean) Carroll, | ||||||
| 19 | and Denise (Kevin) Klemm; his great-niece, Emma; his | ||||||
| 20 | four-legged "kids", Cricket, Honey, and Duke; and many friends; | ||||||
| 21 | therefore, be it
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| 22 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
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| 1 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 2 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Dennis "Denny" Lee | ||||||
| 3 | Polk; and be it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | presented to the family of Dennis Polk as an expression of our | ||||||
| 6 | sympathy.
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