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92_HR1099
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives were
3 saddened to learn of the death of Edwin M. "Bud" Zeman of
4 Park Ridge on October 14, 2002, at the age of 62; and
5 WHEREAS, Mr. Zeman was born in Chicago and grew up in
6 Edison Park; he was an All-City football player for North
7 Park Academy; he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in
8 business administration from Upper Iowa University; while
9 still in college, he was a member of the crew that won the
10 1960 Chicago-Mackinac boat race; and
11 WHEREAS, While in college, he married Dorothy Sternaman;
12 they were married for 41 years; and
13 WHEREAS, Mr. Zeman was active in real estate and
14 construction for many years; he was the founder of Zeman
15 Realty Mobile Homes, Inc., a national mobile home park
16 specialist, brokering mobile home parks throughout the
17 eastern half of the United States; he was the founder of
18 Mobile Management Co. Inc., a firm managing manufactured
19 housing communities on a national level; he was the founder
20 of Great American Home Sales, Inc., one of the largest
21 dealers of mobile homes in the nation; he also directed Abbey
22 Builders and Contractors Supply, Inc., a construction and
23 development firm specializing in industrial and commercial
24 construction as well as mobile home parks; and
25 WHEREAS, Mr. Zeman was a licensed real estate broker and
26 he was a member of, and served on numerous committees of, the
27 National Association of Realtors, the Illinois Association of
28 Realtors, the Chicago Real Estate Board, and the Real Estate
29 Securities and Syndication Institute; he was a member of the
30 Mobile Home Institute and the Illinois Manufactured Housing
31 Association; he was the Chairman and Director of the Illinois
32 Housing Institute, an association founded by him in 1988
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1 along with other large manufactured housing community owners
2 in the northeast part of the State; and
3 WHEREAS, Mr. Zeman was a member of St. Paul of the Cross
4 Parish; he sponsored many Chicago-area sports teams; he was
5 active in Park Ridge youth soccer and he was a Park Ridge
6 youth baseball coach; and
7 WHEREAS, His passing will be deeply felt by his family
8 and friends; he was the husband of Dorothy Zeman; the father
9 of Kimberly (Jeffrey) Walker, Terry and Edward Zeman; the
10 grandfather of Patrick Zeman, William, Margaret and Elizabeth
11 Walker; the brother of Bob (Kathy) Zeman and Marianne (David)
12 Smith and the late Terry Zeman; the uncle of Roger, Michael,
13 Daniel and David Smith, Laura Martin, Robert, Amy Hogue and
14 Matthew and Marcus Zeman; and the great-uncle of Erin and
15 Katlyn Zeman, Tyler Hogue, Riley, Thomas, Hannah and Garrett
16 Smith; therefore, be it
17 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19 we mourn, along with all who knew him, the passing of Edwin
20 M. "Bud" Zeman and extend our sincere condolences to his
21 family and friends; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
23 presented to Mrs. Dorothy Zeman as an expression of our
24 sympathy.