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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of John J. |
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| "Jack" Thelen of Antioch, who passed away on February 21, 2010; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He was born May 25, 1950, in Woodstock, the son of |
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| Verner and Mary Ann "Bunny"(nee Stoffel) Thelen; he had resided |
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| in Pistakee Highlands and Spring Grove before settling in |
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| Antioch; On January 20, 1973, he married Deborah Nesbit in St. |
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| Louis, Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of St. Peter Church of Antioch, |
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| past board member and past president of the Antioch Chamber of |
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| Commerce, member and Paul Harris Fellow of the Antioch Rotary |
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| Club, and member of the Northern Illinois Ready Mix & Materials |
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| Association, Illinois Ready Mixed Concrete, and Wisconsin |
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| Ready Mix Concrete Associations, the Boy Scouts of America |
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| Troop #92 of Antioch, the Northern Illinois Shooters |
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| Association and the Big Foot Archers, and a board member of the |
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| State Bank of the Lakes for 21 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Since 1963 he was a co-owner of Thelen Sand & |
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| Gravel; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Vern |
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| Thelen; and a brother-in-law, Ross Berry; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the husband for 37 years of Debbie; the |
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| father of John R. (Tami), Jessica M. Thelen, and Jennifer |
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| (Patrick) Barton; the son of Mary Ann "Bunny" Thelen; the |
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| grandfather of Taylor Kae, Jacob T., and Kylie E. Thelen and |
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| Grace K. Barton; the brother of Mary Beth (Bob) Varak, Sue |
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| (Warren) Schumacher, Tom (Paige) Thelen, Pete (Terry Childers) |
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| Thelen, Steve (Diana) Thelen, Ann (Mark) Kroupa, Barb (Mark) |
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| Miller, and Peg (Tom) Miles; the grandson of his maternal |
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| grandparents, the late Jacob E. (Matilda) Stoffel, and his |
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| paternal grandparents, the late John J. (Agatha) Thelen; the |
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| son-in-law of Robert C. (Dorothy J.) Nesbit; and the |
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| brother-in-law of Cyndi Parazak, Karen (Dan) Spalding, and Kim |
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| (Gary) Martin and their families; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of John |
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| J. "Jack" Thelen; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of John J. "Jack" Thelen as a symbol of |
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| our sincere sympathy.
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