File #: 22-1744    Version: 1 Name: PROSPECT HEIGHTS MAYOR NICHOLAS HELMER
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 2/4/2022 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 2/10/2022 Final action: 2/10/2022
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION PROSPECT HEIGHTS MAYOR NICHOLAS HELMER, IN MEMORIAM WHEREAS, Almighty God in His infinite wisdom called Prospect Heights' Mayor Nicholas Helmer from our midst on January 26, 2022, at the age of 79; and WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer was born in Yugoslavia to parents Fabian and Anna Helmer; and WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer immigrated to America at age 10, knowing no English; and WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer graduated from Loyola University's Mundelein College; and WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer married his high school sweetheart Gail Ann, to whom he was married for 57 years; and WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer was the loving father of Nick Helmer Jr. (Megan Feeney) and Rebecca (Anthony) Jacob and the doting grandfather of Kelly Ann Helmer, Kathryn Elizabeth Helmer, Nicholas Jacob, and Jillian Jacob; and WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer served as a newspaper reporter, photographer, and radio broadcaster for the United States Army in France, as well as transport coordinator for supplies, personnel, and machiner...
Sponsors: SCOTT R. BRITTON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET GAINER, DONNA MILLER, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, DEBORAH SIMS, FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, STANLEY MOORE, LARRY SUFFREDIN
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

PROSPECT HEIGHTS MAYOR NICHOLAS HELMER, IN MEMORIAM

WHEREAS, Almighty God in His infinite wisdom called Prospect Heights' Mayor Nicholas Helmer from our midst on January 26, 2022, at the age of 79; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer was born in Yugoslavia to parents Fabian and Anna Helmer; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer immigrated to America at age 10, knowing no English; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer graduated from Loyola University's Mundelein College; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer married his high school sweetheart Gail Ann, to whom he was married for 57 years; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer was the loving father of Nick Helmer Jr. (Megan Feeney) and Rebecca (Anthony) Jacob and the doting grandfather of Kelly Ann Helmer, Kathryn Elizabeth Helmer, Nicholas Jacob, and Jillian Jacob; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer served as a newspaper reporter, photographer, and radio broadcaster for the United States Army in France, as well as transport coordinator for supplies, personnel, and machinery during France's de-occupation; and

WHEREAS, passionate about aircraft, Mayor Helmer flew single-engine airplanes out of Chicago Executive Airport for 35 years, and served on the Board of Directors for 14 years; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer believed strongly in giving back, serving as a member of the St. Viator High School basketball coaching staff for over 25 years; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer worked in upper management at Oak Brook-based Inland Real Estate Group for over 50 years; and

WHEREAS, at the time of his passing Mayor Helmer was in third term as mayor of Prospect Heights; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer won his first term as mayor in 2011, which was followed by an unopposed election in 2015; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer was most recently reelected in 2019; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer was best known for being immensely proud of Prospect Heights, often called the city's biggest cheerleader; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Helmer was a business-friendly, people person politician who truly ...

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