[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 141 (Wednesday, September 21, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5830-S5831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REMEMBERING HARRY ``BUS'' YOURELL

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to my friend 
and a great Illinois public servant--Harry ``Bus'' Yourell, who passed 
away September 19, 2011, at the age of 92. Bus

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grew up on Chicago's South Side and was married to his wife Millie for 
66 years.
  Bus served nine terms in the Illinois House, was Cook County recorder 
of deeds in the 1980s, and served 18 years as a commissioner of the 
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. In fact, 
Bus ran in 40 elections over the years, without ever losing one. But 
his public service goes much deeper than that.
  Bus enlisted in the Marines on the day Pearl Harbor was attacked and 
served 4 years in the South Pacific, fighting in Guadalcanal, 
Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was awarded the Bronze Star and 
three Purple Hearts.
  Bus loved public service, but he enjoyed travelling and meeting 
people just as much. He enjoyed life. Bus hitchhiked through Vietnam, 
rode 250 miles on top of a box car in Ecuador, took a trip up the 
Amazon River in a dugout canoe in his seventies, and in his eighties 
bungee jumped in New Zealand.
  He was a one of a kind person and a tremendous asset to the Chicago 
community. I extend condolences to his wife Millie, his three children 
and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as the many 
friends and admirers who will miss him.

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