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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of John S. Baker of Marion on |
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| Monday, July 4, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on April 20, 1914, to George and Lucy |
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| Jane (Blades) Baker in Marion; he married Mary Virginia Collins |
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| on October 9, 1933, in Murphysboro, and together they shared |
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| almost 69 years of marriage until her death on June 26, 2002; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Baker retired from CIPS as a truck driver and |
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| digger operator; he was a member of Warder Street Baptist |
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| Church in Marion and IBEW Local 702; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of John S. Baker has been deeply felt |
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| by many, especially his sons, John Thomas Baker, Charles Dale |
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| Baker, Sr. and wife, Phyllis Ann, Frankie Dean Baker and wife, |
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| June, and Harold Dee Baker and wife, Terry; his 17 |
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| grandchildren; his 32 great-grandchildren; his 6 |
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| great-great-grandchildren; his sister, Betty Jane Dodd; and |
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| his many nieces and nephews; he was preceded in death by his |
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| parents; his wife, Mary; his daughter, Marilyn Jane Kucheska; |
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| his granddaughter, Karen Lynn Baker; his daughter-in-law, |
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| Doris Baker; his brothers, Jimmy Baker, Charles "Bake" Baker, |
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| and George Baker; and his sisters, Rachel McMahn, Hattie Ewing, |
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| and Dorothy Sauri; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| John S. Baker, and we extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |