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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to send their sincere condolences to the
4 family and friends of John T. Case, who passed away January
5 22, 1999; and
6 WHEREAS, John Case was a resident of Park Ridge,
7 Illinois; his survivors include his wife, June; his sons,
8 John Jr., and George; his daughter, Fae Diephert; six
9 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and
10 WHEREAS, John Case was appointed by former Governor James
11 R. Thompson to the Illinois Conservation Advisory Board; Mr.
12 Case served on the Board for twelve years, serving seven
13 years as chairman; Mr. Case was president of the Great Lakes
14 Association of Outdoor Writers, the Illinois Hunting
15 Preserves Association, and the Illinois Division of the Izaak
16 Walton League; he was a member of the National Press
17 Photographers Association, and the Outdoor Writers
18 Association of America; and
19 WHEREAS, Mr. Case was the host of "The Sportsman's Case",
20 a radio program that aired from the 1970's to the 1980's; he
21 was also the writer of a weekly outdoors column for the News
22 Sun in Waukegan, and edited Illinois Hunter magazine; and
23 WHEREAS, During World War II Mr. Case served as a naval
24 gunnery instructor; for 20 years he worked as a sound
25 technician for WBBM-TV before the chance to work on radio
26 became open; through his work on radio John Case became known
27 as an advocate for ecology causes; the State of Illinois has
28 lost a valued spokesman for conservation with the death of
29 John T. Case; therefore, be it
30 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
31 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
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1 we mourn, along with his family and friends, the death of
2 John T. Case of Park Ridge, Illinois; and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to the family of John T. Case.