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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 former Illinois legislator David J. |
| 4 | | Regner, who passed away on December 17, 2013; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, David Regner was born in Chicago to Joseph and |
| 6 | | Catherine (nee Schramm) Regner; he graduated from DePaul |
| 7 | | University with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and served |
| 8 | | his country in the United States Army during the Korean |
| 9 | | Conflict; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, David Regner worked as an auditor and insurance |
| 11 | | broker and ran a consulting firm, Regner Enterprises Insurance; |
| 12 | | and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, David Regner had a long history of civic |
| 14 | | involvement, including service as an auditor of Elk Grove |
| 15 | | Township and as the first Vice-President of the Cook County |
| 16 | | Auditors' Association; he also held local and State offices |
| 17 | | with the Jaycees; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, David Regner served as a Republican member of the |
| 19 | | Illinois House of Representatives from 1967 to 1972 and as a |
| 20 | | member of the Illinois State Senate from 1973-1980; he was also |
| 21 | | deputy committeeman for the Elk Grove Township Republican |
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| 1 | | Organization and a member of the Platform Committee of the |
| 2 | | Illinois State Republican Committee in 1966, 1968, and 1970, |
| 3 | | serving as secretary in 1966; in 1980, he was a State campaign |
| 4 | | coordinator for presidential candidate Ronald Regan and |
| 5 | | Chairman of the Illinois Regan Delegate Committee; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, David Regner caught the political bug again and |
| 7 | | successfully ran for Palatine Township Supervisor in 1993, a |
| 8 | | post he held for 4 terms until 2005; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, David Regner was preceded in death by his first |
| 10 | | wife, Joan (nee Scanlan); his second wife, Joyce (nee LeFarie); |
| 11 | | his son, David Michael Regner; and his parents; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, David Regner is survived by his wife, Jo Ann |
| 13 | | Mullen-Regner; his grandchildren, Jennifer Ryder, David Jason |
| 14 | | Regner, Anna Gustafson, Nicole and Emma Walsh, and Zachary |
| 15 | | Stewart; his great-grandchildren, Ava, Nathan, Lily, and Wyatt |
| 16 | | Ryder; his sisters, Dorothy (Norman) Delphey, Barbara Regner, |
| 17 | | and Marie Smizinski; and his daughter-in-law, Donna Regner; |
| 18 | | therefore, be it
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 21 | | former Illinois legislator David J. Regner, and extend our |
| 22 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew |