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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Allen Hallberg Myers of Moline, who 
4passed away on July 20, 2020; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Allen Myers was born to Alson and Myrtle 
6(Hallberg) Myers near Centralia on November 3, 1931; he 
7attended Centralia High School and then Southern Illinois 
8University, earning a degree in geology and geography in 1952; 
9after graduation, he enlisted in the Navy; he started 
10electronics training on Treasure Island in San Francisco and 
11then attended officer candidate school in Providence, Rhode 
12Island, commissioning as a lieutenant junior grade; he married 
13Lena Pantaleo in Du Quoin on July 13, 1953, and they moved to 
14Monterey, California for his post-graduate studies before 
15relocating to San Diego, where he served as head electronics 
16officer on the USS Winston; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Upon leaving the Navy in 1956, Allen Myers joined 
18his father in running the family farm, Myers Orchards; after 
19selling the farm in 1990, he went into business development at 
20Kaskaskia College and then became a real estate broker with 
21Coldwell Banker; over the course of his career, he earned 
22numerous awards with the Illinois Association of Realtors; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Allen Myers served as President of the Illinois 
2Horticultural Society and as Board President of the Centralia 
3First Christian Church; he  was a member of the Rotary Club and 
4the Shriners Club; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Allen Myers is survived by his wife, Lena Myers; 
6his children, Chris Myers (Janet M. Myers), Brian Myers, and 
7Janet K. Myers; his grandchildren, Laura Sivertsen (Matt 
8Sivertsen), Andrea Myers (Drew Cunningham), and Leah 
9Zimmermann (Adam Zimmermann); his great-grandchildren, 
10Christopher Sivertsen and Abraham Zimmermann; his sisters, 
11Mary Renfro (Lloyd Shaw), Jean Hutter, and Rose Davidson; and 
12his beloved nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
  
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

15Allen  Hallberg Myers and extend our sincere
condolences to his 
16family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it 
17further
  
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

19presented to the family of Allen Myers as an expression of
our 
20deepest sympathy.