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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Donald N. Tures of Manhattan, who passed 
4away on December 29, 2018; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Donald Tures graduated from Joliet Catholic High 
6School in 1950 and from Lewis University; he was a Sergeant 
7with the United States Army Artillery Division during the 
8Korean Conflict; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Donald Tures was the owner of Tures Nursery in 
10Peotone for many years; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Donald Tures was a member of Peotone American 
12Legion Post 392, Manhattan American Legion Post 935 Honor 
13Guard, and VFW Post 9545; he was also a member of the Will 
14County Farm Bureau; he was a devout member of St. Joseph 
15Catholic Church in Manhattan, where he attended mass daily and 
16was a member of the Men's Club; he was a husband, father, and 
17grandfather who will be missed; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Donald Tures was preceded in death by his parents, 
19Nicholas and Margaret (Allare) Tures; his sister, Geraldine 
20(Richard) Gollick; his parents-in-law, Joseph and Angela 
21Chmielewski; his brother-in-law, Albert Naal Jr; and his 
 
 
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1sister-in-law, Judy Chmielewski; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Donald Tures is survived by his wife of 61 years, 
3Phyllis (Chmielewski) Tures; his children, Stephen (Julia) 
4Tures, Joseph (Christine) Tures, Robert (Patricia) Tures, 
5Matthew (Monica) Tures, and Dana (Jeffrey) Brandau; his 
6grandchildren, Shelby, Catherine, Stephen, Nicholas, Lauren, 
7and Madeline; his sister, Frances Naal; his brother-in-law, 
8Robert Chmielewski; and his nieces and nephews; therefore, be 
9it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
12Donald N. Tures and extend our sincere condolences to his 
13family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
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15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to the family of Donald Tures as an expression of our 
17deepest sympathy.