IL SR1313

Memorializes Graham B. Kleckner of Crystal Lake, who died on June 10, 2014.

Kleckner was born March 28, 1930 in Germantown, Pennsylvania; was a U.S. Army veteran; and graduated from University of Minnesota at Duluth in 1959 with a degree in communications.

Worked as a radio deejay in the 1950s, spent 27 years as a sales representative for Hamilton Industries in Wisconsin, and later served as Eastern Regional Manager for PlanHold in California.

Survived by seven children, nine grandchildren, his sister Kay Kleckner, and numerous cousins and relatives; preceded in death by his wife Patricia and his parents.

Illinois Senate extends condolences to his family and directs that a copy of the resolution be presented to the Kleckner family.