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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with regret of the death of Vincent J. Jeep of Waukegan
4 on Sunday, April 16, 2006; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born August 28, 1911, in Malvern, Iowa; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mr. Jeep was active in various labor, civil
7 rights, and peace organizations; he worked in various
8 positions, including as a Bell Hop at the Biltmore Hotel in
9 Kansas City, Missouri, in the 1930s; as a manager at the
10 Bergoff restaurant in Chicago in the 1940s; as a union
11 organizer in Chicago for the United Electrical Workers and
12 Hotel and Restaurant Workers unions in the 1940s; as owner of
13 various restaurants, including food concession at the "Big
14 Gurnee" Discount in the 1950s; as a tax collector for the
15 Illinois Department of Revenue in the 1960s; and as sole
16 proprietor of "Vincent J. Jeep Bookkeeping Services" in the
17 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s; and
 
18     WHEREAS, The passing of Vincent J. Jeep has been deeply
19 felt by many, especially his sons, Mark Jeep, his wife Sue, and
20 children (Katy, Jennifer and Graham); Ken Jeep, his wife
21 Cecilia, and children (Amy and Adam); and Jeffery, his wife
22 Elizabeth, and children (Laura and Sarah); therefore, be it
 
23     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
24 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
25 Vincent J. Jeep, and we extend our sincere condolences to his
26 family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
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28     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
29 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
30 sympathy.