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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| were saddened to learn of the death of John Louis Rubich of |
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| Waukegan, formerly of North Chicago, on Wednesday, May 26, |
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| 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, John Louis Rubich was born on October 4, 1931, in |
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| Elkton, Ohio; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Rubich was employed at Abbott Laboratories in |
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| North Chicago for 28 years; pursuing a second career, he was |
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| the Water Superintendent of North Chicago and supervised the |
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| building of the new water plant; and
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| WHEREAS, Besides his professional life, he loved politics; |
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| he served the citizens of North Chicago in several offices; he |
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| was a Ward Committeeman of the first ward and Alderman of the |
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| first ward in North Chicago; he served as a school board member |
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| in both the grade school and high school boards in North |
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| Chicago, and also served the citizens of Waukegan Township as a |
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| Trustee; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Rubich was a Master Mason and a lifetime |
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| member of the American-Croatian Waukegan Tamburitzans and |
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| President of St. Mary's Lodge #75; he was also a 50-year member |
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| of the Slovenian National Benefit Society (SNPJ) and a member |
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| of the North Chicago Police Pension Board; and
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| WHEREAS, John Louis Rubich was loved by many and he will be |
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| greatly missed; especially by his wife, Helen; his two |
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| children, Christina and Louis; his three sisters, Marjorie |
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| Buckoski, Violet Cahnand, and Mildred Oesch; and his brother, |
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| Roy; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis |