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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former | ||||||
| 4 | State Representative Roger C. Marquardt; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Representative Marquardt was born on October 23, | ||||||
| 6 | 1936, in the Village of Lombard where, as a fifth generation | ||||||
| 7 | Lombardian, he called home for the first 67 years of his life; | ||||||
| 8 | he was married to Judy "Hardy" Marquardt, and had 4 children; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Representative Marquardt started his career with | ||||||
| 11 | the Lombard Police Department, where he served as the deputy | ||||||
| 12 | chief; after receiving his real estate license, he left the | ||||||
| 13 | police department and started his own realty firm; in 1981, he | ||||||
| 14 | switched careers, becoming CEO of the DuPage Airport Authority, | ||||||
| 15 | which in turn sparked his interest in transportation and | ||||||
| 16 | aviation leading him to his next career as the director of the | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois Department of Transportation's Division of | ||||||
| 18 | Aeronautics; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, He later served as the Assistant to the Secretary | ||||||
| 20 | of the Illinois Department of Transportation; he then founded | ||||||
| 21 | Roger C. Marquardt & Company as an independent lobbyist and | ||||||
| 22 | consulting firm; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, His life was filled with numerous honors and | ||||||
| 2 | accomplishments, with his biggest honor coming in 2002 when he | ||||||
| 3 | was appointed to serve his hometown of Lombard in the Illinois | ||||||
| 4 | House of Representatives during the latter part of the 92nd | ||||||
| 5 | General Assembly; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Representative Marquardt was a lifelong, diehard, | ||||||
| 7 | Chicago White Sox and Frank Sinatra fan; he loved his hometown | ||||||
| 8 | and contributed to the boards of various hospitals, banks, and | ||||||
| 9 | civic organizations; as the result of his reputation for | ||||||
| 10 | service, loyalty, larger-than-life personality, and devout | ||||||
| 11 | love of friends and family, the village board named December | ||||||
| 12 | 10th Roger C. Marquardt Day; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | former State Representative Roger C. Marquardt; and be it | ||||||
| 17 | further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Representative Roger C. Marquardt as | ||||||
| 20 | a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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