Bill Text: IL SR0709 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of John B. "Jack" Klaus Jr. of Des Plaines.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-01-17 - Resolution Adopted [SR0709 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0709-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of John B. "Jack" Klaus Jr. of Des | ||||||
| 4 | Plaines, who passed away on December 29, 2023; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jack Klaus was born in Chicago on July 23, 1939; | ||||||
| 6 | he was raised in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of Chicago; | ||||||
| 7 | he served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps; he | ||||||
| 8 | obtained his bachelor's degree in philosophy and his master's | ||||||
| 9 | degree in public policy from Loyola University; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Jack Klaus served as director of Urban Renewal | ||||||
| 11 | for both the Lincoln Park neighborhood and the City of Iowa | ||||||
| 12 | City; he served on the Cook County Economic Development Board | ||||||
| 13 | for many years; he concluded his long career in public service | ||||||
| 14 | as economic development director for the City of Des Plaines; | ||||||
| 15 | and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Jack Klaus was a longtime member of St. Mary's | ||||||
| 17 | Parish; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Jack Klaus was a loving uncle and friend to many; | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Jack Klaus was preceded in death by his son, | ||||||
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| 1 | John; his parents, John and Mary Klaus; his sister, Virginia | ||||||
| 2 | Riordan; his brother, Robert; his brothers-in-law, Jim | ||||||
| 3 | Heffernan, Don Riordan, and Jim Sheridan; and his | ||||||
| 4 | sister-in-law, Barbara Heffernan; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jack Klaus is survived by his wife of 63 years, | ||||||
| 6 | Mary (Heffernan) Diane; his daughters, Kate (the late Dave | ||||||
| 7 | Miller) Klaus, Ann (John) Feldkamp, Meg (Dan) McKenna, and Amy | ||||||
| 8 | (Dave) Palmeri; his grandchildren, Katy (Cody) Rank, Janie | ||||||
| 9 | (DJ) O'Neill, Erin (Matt) O'Neill, Robert Feldkamp, Grace | ||||||
| 10 | Feldkamp, Greta Klaus, Louie Klaus, Olivia Feldkamp, Joe | ||||||
| 11 | McKenna, Matthew McKenna, Molly Palmeri, and Ryan Palmeri; his | ||||||
| 12 | great-grandson, Nolan O'Neill; his sister, Mary Sheridan; his | ||||||
| 13 | brother, Charles; and his sisters-in-law, Joan Klaus and Pat | ||||||
| 14 | Klaus; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 17 | John B. "Jack" Klaus Jr. and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 18 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
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