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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of John Thomas Ahern of Silvis, who passed
4away on August 8, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, John Ahern was born on September 14, 1935 in
6Waterloo, Iowa; his parents were James and Ruth Flynn Ahern; he
7married Susan Jansen on June 13, 1964 at St. Joseph's Church in
8Rock Island; and
 
9    WHEREAS, John Ahern attended St. Columbkille's Grade
10School, Loras Academy, and Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa,
11where he graduated in 1960; and
 
12    WHEREAS, John Ahern served his country as a United States
13Marine; while in the Marine Corps, he was awarded a role in the
14movie "The DI" starring Jack Webb; and
 
15    WHEREAS, John Ahern worked for the Illinois Central
16Railroad and the Rock Island Lines Railroad in Silvis before
17retiring after 20 years from John Deere Harvester Works in East
18Moline; and
 
19    WHEREAS, John Ahern served his community as an Alderman in
20Silvis; he was a member of the Alleman High School Board of

 

 

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1Education and the St. Mary's East Moline School Board; he also
2served as a Trustee for Black Hawk College, earning Trustee of
3the Year in 2003; and
 
4    WHEREAS, John Ahern was an East Moline and Silvis Rotarian,
5a member of Knights of Columbus Council 716 and the Quad Cities
6St. Patrick's Society; he was also Grand Marshal of the Quad
7Cities St. Patrick's Day Grand Parade in 1998; and
 
8    WHEREAS, John Ahern was preceded in death by his parents
9and his children, Mary Colleen, Terrence, Michael, and Timothy;
10and
 
11    WHEREAS, John Ahern is survived by his wife, Susan; his
12children, Catherine (Bob) Clementi, Sean (Julie) Ahern, Dennis
13(Lisa) Ahern, Regina (Brian) Knobloch, Kevin (Amy) Ahern, Brian
14Ahern, Seamus (Amanda) Ahern, and Guila Meghan Ahern; 24
15grandchildren; two great-grandsons and one on the way; his
16brother, Dr. James Ahern; and his sister, Judith McDonald;
17therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
20family and friends, mourn the passing of John Thomas Ahern; and
21be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of John Ahern as an expression of our
3sympathy.