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IL SR0596
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/4/2026
Primary Sponsor
Kimberly Lightford
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AI Summary
- Memorial resolution honoring Ernie Baumann of Maywood, who passed away on December 28, 2025 at age 86 (born April 9, 1939)
- Founded Maywood Fine Arts nonprofit in 1996 with wife Lois, dedicated to keeping arts accessible and affordable for children across Chicago's western suburbs and West Side
- Served as tumbling instructor, entrepreneur, civil rights activist, and entertainer over a five-decade career that impacted tens of thousands of children
- Rebuilt Maywood Fine Arts after a 2010 fire destroyed their dance studio, raising funds through a grassroots "Raising the Barre" campaign to construct a new $2 million facility by 2016
- Illinois Senate extends condolences to his family and directs that a copy of the resolution be presented to them
Legislative Description
MEMORIAL-ERNIE BAUMANN
Last Action
Resolution Adopted
2/4/2026
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