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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of John S. "Jack" Shales of Elgin, who |
| 4 | | passed away on January 26, 2018; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jack Shales was born in Elgin on November 13, |
| 6 | | 1930; he married Marlene Kane, his high school sweetheart, in |
| 7 | | 1954; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jack Shales served in Korea with the United States |
| 9 | | Marine Corp from 1951 until 1953; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jack Shales began working at Illinois Hydraulic |
| 11 | | Construction Co. in 1954; after 27 years with Illinois |
| 12 | | Hydraulic, he co-founded the construction company |
| 13 | | Seagren/Shales, Inc.; in 2001, he was a founding partner of |
| 14 | | Shales McNutt Construction, where he remained a valuable asset |
| 15 | | throughout his life; he always found ways to make each of his |
| 16 | | employees feel valued and appreciated; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jack Shales loved the Elgin community and was |
| 18 | | involved in many civic and charitable organizations; he was a |
| 19 | | prolific fundraiser and was involved in the United Way of Elgin |
| 20 | | campaigns for more than 60 consecutive years; at the time of |
| 21 | | his passing, he was actively raising money for the Elgin |
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| 1 | | YMCA-owned Camp Edwards; his desire to "give back" has |
| 2 | | benefitted countless lives; he was a member of Cornerstone |
| 3 | | United Methodist Church in Plato Center, where he enjoyed |
| 4 | | participating in the Corinthians class; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jack Shales is survived by his wife, Marlene; his |
| 6 | | children, Michael (Trecia) Shales, Kristin (Doug) Durham, |
| 7 | | Heidi (Jeff) Baudry, and John (Shelly) Shales; his |
| 8 | | grandchildren, Anna (Frank) Machniak, Gwen Shales (Kyle |
| 9 | | Johnson), Leah (Dan) Roe, Jack F. Shales, Raven and Hope |
| 10 | | Shales, Kyle and Jesse (Sabrina) Durham, Zak and Alec Baudry, |
| 11 | | Sydney, Matthew, Ellen, and Jake Shales; and his |
| 12 | | great-grandchildren, Asher and Etta Johnson, Lillian and |
| 13 | | Timothy Machniak, and Baby Roe (due this summer); therefore, be |
| 14 | | it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 17 | | John S. "Jack" Shales and extend our sincere condolences to his |
| 18 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 19 | | further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Jack Shales as an expression of our |
| 22 | | deepest sympathy.
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