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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of John B. |
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| "Jack" Vahlkamp of Breese on Tuesday, February 3, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Vahlkamp was born on October 25, 1927, in Wade |
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| Township to John H. and Rose (Wilken) Vahlkamp; he married Jane |
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| Richter on October 25, 1950, at St. Augustine Church in Breese; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Vahlkamp valiantly served his country during |
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| the Korean War from 1951 to 1953 as a field radio repairman; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Vahlkamp was a retired dairy and grain farmer; |
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| he was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church and Men's |
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| Sodality in Breese; he was a past 30-year trustee of St. Mary |
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| Catholic Church in Carlyle, a 50-year member of Carlyle Knights |
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| of Columbus Council 1382, a 50-year member of Breese American |
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| Legion Post 252, a member of the Catholic War Veterans, a past |
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| secretary of the Clinton County Zoning Board, a past vice |
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| president on the board of the Clinton County Farm Bureau, and a |
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| past president of the MidAm Milk Producers of 25 years and the |
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| Holstein Fresian Association; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of John B. "Jack" Vahlkamp has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Jane; his son, Alan |
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| Vahlkamp and wife Janet; his daughters, Julie Huels and husband |
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| Joseph, Lisa Tebbe and husband Carl, and Rose Huelskamp and |
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| husband Gerard; his brothers, Fred Vahlkamp and wife Mary Jo |
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| and Vernon Vahlkamp and wife Helen; his sisters, Willene |
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| Fehrmann and husband Paul, Rose Marie Husmann and husband Ray, |
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| Lillian Fleckenstein and husband Jack, Mary Huwa, and Lee Love |
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| and husband Dan; and his grandchildren, Leagha, Alie, and Abie |
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| Vahlkamp, Erika and Erin Kratzner, Zachary, Cody, Ashley, and |