* Roger Marquardt passed away this week. Here are his arrangements…

Visitation Friday May 18, 2012 3-9 PM at
Grace Lutheran Church
493 Forest Ave, Glen Ellyn IL

Funeral Saturday May 19, 2012
Lying in State in Church 9 AM until time of Funeral Service at 11 AM

Internment in Lombard Cemetery

Humes Funeral Home
630.628.8808
www.HumesFH.com

* The Daily Herald has posted a story…

Roger C. Marquardt, a longtime Springfield lobbyist who served briefly as a state lawmaker from Lombard, has died, it was announced on the Illinois House floor Friday.

Marquardt served as head of the DuPage County airport starting in 1981, before later working under Gov. Jim Edgar in the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Later, in 2002, Marquardt was appointed to finish a term in the Illinois House, where he served for about a year.

Since then, he had run Roger C. Marquardt & Co., a lobbying firm with current clients including several DuPage County communities, College of DuPage, the Illinois High School Association and others. Past clients have included Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz.

My deepest sympathies to his entire family and his many, many friends. May he rest in peace.