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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Paul |
| 4 | | James Beaver Jr. of Lincoln, who passed away on February 26, |
| 5 | | 2019; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. was born in Lincoln to Paul James |
| 7 | | and Mildred (Blaum) Beaver Sr. on March 19, 1936; he married |
| 8 | | Sue Moore in Mt. Pulaski on November 24, 1960; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. was a Professor of History at |
| 10 | | Lincoln College, as well as a self-employed real estate |
| 11 | | appraiser; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. served as Curator of the Lincoln |
| 13 | | College Museum at Lincoln College; he served on the Logan |
| 14 | | County Board, the Logan County Paramedics Association Board, |
| 15 | | and as President of the Illinois Chester White Association; |
| 16 | | along with Paul Beaver and Sons and Families, he produced many |
| 17 | | award-winning Chester White Swine; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. worked with the tourism board on |
| 19 | | the Looking for Lincoln project; he co-wrote the book Logan |
| 20 | | County Pictorial History with Paul E. Gleason and also wrote |
| 21 | | the books Abraham Lincoln in Logan County, Illinois 1834-1860, |
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| 1 | | and The Last Farm Boy; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. was a member of the First |
| 3 | | Presbyterian Church and the Lincoln Elks Club; he was an |
| 4 | | athlete who played on the 1969 State Champion Road Runner |
| 5 | | Softball team and the Road Runner Basketball team and also a |
| 6 | | coach at Elkhart Grade School; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. was named Professor Emeritus at |
| 8 | | Lincoln College, Grand Marshall of the 2008 Lincoln Community |
| 9 | | High School Homecoming, and Courier Citizen of the Year in |
| 10 | | 2008; he was a lifelong Cubs fan who lived long enough to |
| 11 | | finally see a World Series win; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. is survived by his wife, Sue; his |
| 13 | | daughters, Ann Lorraine (Ronald) Wolpert and Amy Jo (John) |
| 14 | | O'Donnell; his grandchildren, Ethan Paul Witting, Hannah |
| 15 | | Michel Witting, Lauren Ashley O'Donnell, and Kevin Patrick |
| 16 | | O'Donnell; his brother, John (Kathy) Beaver; and his |
| 17 | | brother-in-law, David Coogan; therefore, be it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 19 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 20 | | we mourn the passing of Paul James Beaver Jr. and extend our |
| 21 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew |
| 22 | | and loved him; and be it further
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