Bill Text: IL SR2018 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of James N. Urhausen of St. Charles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR2018 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2018-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 James N. Urhausen of St. Charles, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on December 2, 2015; and
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5 | WHEREAS, James Urhausen was born in Berwyn to Jack and | ||||||
6 | Florence Urhausen on October 6, 1943; he grew up in Hinsdale | ||||||
7 | and worked his way through high school
and college, often | ||||||
8 | maintaining multiple jobs, including caddy, busboy, service | ||||||
9 | station attendant, cashier,
and dance instructor for Arthur | ||||||
10 | Murray; he graduated from
St. Procopius College in 1965 with a | ||||||
11 | Bachelor of Arts in Political Science; and
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12 | WHEREAS, James Urhausen was a well-known and accomplished | ||||||
13 | man and was involved in the City of St. Charles in multiple | ||||||
14 | positions, including 25 years as fire and police commissioner; | ||||||
15 | over four decades, he sat on numerous community boards while | ||||||
16 | owning and running a very successful construction and | ||||||
17 | consulting business for many years; he became a trained
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18 | emergency medical technician and auxiliary policeman for the | ||||||
19 | Village of Hinsdale; he went on to teach Comparative
Government | ||||||
20 | and American Constitutional History at Nazareth Academy in | ||||||
21 | LaGrange Park before joining
the Village of Hinsdale as | ||||||
22 | Assistant Village Manager; and
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1 | WHEREAS, James Urhausen was appointed as the first Village | ||||||
2 | Manager for the Village of Oak Brook in 1969 at the age of 26; | ||||||
3 | during his tenure, he oversaw much of the
development that led | ||||||
4 | Oak Brook to become the Illinois suburban hub for commerce and | ||||||
5 | development that
it is today; after four years in that role, he | ||||||
6 | moved into the private sector, first joining the Collins
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7 | Development Corporation in 1973 as Vice-President, followed by | ||||||
8 | Westway Construction in 1980 as
Executive Vice-President; the | ||||||
9 | remainder of his career was spent as President and CEO of the | ||||||
10 | firm
from 1984 to 2003, where he oversaw the development of | ||||||
11 | more than 1,500 homes in the Fox Valley,
and led the company to | ||||||
12 | becoming one of the largest home builders in Illinois; and
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13 | WHEREAS, In retirement, James Urhausen continued to dabble | ||||||
14 | in real estate projects as an advisor and consultant to many of | ||||||
15 | the Northwestern Illinois developments; throughout his career, | ||||||
16 | he was directly
responsible for the annexation, zoning, and | ||||||
17 | development of almost 4,000 acres of property in Kane,
Kendall, | ||||||
18 | and DuPage Counties; and
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19 | WHEREAS, James Urhausen was the past Chairman of the | ||||||
20 | Glenwood School for Boys and Girls, past President of
the | ||||||
21 | Neighborhood Improvement Association, a member of the St. | ||||||
22 | Charles 708 Community Mental Health
Board, and Director of the | ||||||
23 | Delnor-Community Health Care System; the 25 years he gave to | ||||||
24 | the City of St. Charles as Chairman of the
Board of Fire and |
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1 | Police Commissioners was particularly close to his heart; and
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2 | WHEREAS, James Urhausen was preceded in death by his | ||||||
3 | parents; and
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4 | WHEREAS, James Urhausen is survived by his children, | ||||||
5 | Kristen Anne (James) Kummerer, James "Jim" (Becky) Urhausen | ||||||
6 | III, Brad Urhausen, and Samantha (Grant) Montgomery; his | ||||||
7 | grandchildren, Tyler and Weston Urhausen; his brothers, | ||||||
8 | William (Sodi), Steve (Debbie), and David (Diane); his sisters, | ||||||
9 | Jeanne (John) Milito, Marianne (Bruce) Zolna, and Joanne (Jack) | ||||||
10 | Schubert; and several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
13 | James N. Urhausen, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
14 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
15 | further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to the family of James Urhausen as an expression of | ||||||
18 | our deepest sympathy.
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