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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Lieutenant Colonel Marvin W. Lassen, | ||||||
| 4 | U.S. Army (Ret) of Moline, who passed away on November 1, 2021; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Marvin Lassen was born to Roy and Lillie (Myrick) | ||||||
| 7 | Lassen in Doniphan, Missouri on October 30, 1927; he married | ||||||
| 8 | Bertha Dowd in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on June 11, 1955; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Marvin Lassen served in the U.S. Army; he retired | ||||||
| 10 | after 25 years of service in 1971; after retiring, he worked at | ||||||
| 11 | the Rock Island Arsenal for 20 years and retired as Director of | ||||||
| 12 | Communications; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Marvin Lassen was a member of Riverside United | ||||||
| 14 | Methodist Church in Moline, the Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club, | ||||||
| 15 | the Quail Village Golf Club in Naples, Florida, and the | ||||||
| 16 | Kiwanis Club of Moline; he was an avid golfer, and he was proud | ||||||
| 17 | to make a hole-in-one at the age of 83; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Marvin Lassen was a loving husband, father, | ||||||
| 19 | grandfather, and friend; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Marvin Lassen was preceded in death by his | ||||||
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| 1 | parents; his granddaughter, Elise Lassen Dondanville; and his | ||||||
| 2 | brothers, Raymond Lassen and Luin Lassen; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Marvin Lassen is survived by his wife of over 66 | ||||||
| 4 | years, Bertha; his daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley (Ronald) | ||||||
| 5 | Gusta and Deborah (Neil Ealy) Lassen-Ealy; his grandchildren, | ||||||
| 6 | Aaron Michael Gusta, Eva (Matt) Schmid, and Louis "Alex" | ||||||
| 7 | (Jade) Dondanville; his great-grandson, Bennett Schmid; and | ||||||
| 8 | his extended family, Jeff (Leigh) Gusta and their children, | ||||||
| 9 | Austin (Callie) Gusta and Aidan Gusta, James (Jennifer) Ealy | ||||||
| 10 | and their children, Alyssa and Zander, and Tara (Tiffany) Ealy | ||||||
| 11 | and their children, Bentley and Avery; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Lieutenant Colonel Marvin W. Lassen U.S. Army (Ret) and extend | ||||||
| 15 | our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who | ||||||
| 16 | knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Marvin Lassen as an expression of | ||||||
| 19 | our deepest sympathy.
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