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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Jack Stried of Beach Park, who passed 
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away on March 20, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, During his younger life, Jack worked for the 
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Department of Natural Resources where he served as a ranger at 
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the Illinois Beach State Park; a few years after marriage to 
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Mae DeVoe in 1949, he worked in research, developing many of 
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today's medical techniques and medicines for Abbott 
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Laboratories; he was awarded for his DNA discoveries and 
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received special honors for his development of drugs used for 
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blood pressure, burn victims, and prostate health; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After 36 years in the lab he retired and became a 
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consultant for research and development techniques used in 
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research laboratories;

he was an avid Lake Michigan fisherman 
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on his boat named the Mae Anna; he loved fishing with his many 
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friends and family; he also enjoyed travel, photography, 
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bowling, golf, and baseball; and he was a past member of the 
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big Z riding club with his late brother Clarence Jr. (Punch); 
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and

 

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    WHEREAS, Jack is preceded in death by his wife of 45 years, 
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Mae Anna (DeVoe); his father and mother, Clarence and Beulah 
 


 






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Stried; his four brothers, Charles, Clarence Jr. (Punch), 
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Howard (Swede), Vernon (Vern), and Roy; and his sister, Beulah 
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Swanson (Clifford); and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jack Stried is survived by his three daughters, 
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Carol Stried (James Cascarano), Sharon Bartmer (Reverend Tom 
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Bartmer), and Brenda Stried (Ron Molczan); his grandchildren, 
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Teresa Gonzales, Angela Reasoner (Alan), Tina Ward, Jacklyn 
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Mullin (Charlie), Tony Gonzales (Rachael), and Jason Gillette 
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(Andrea); his twelve great-grandchildren; his sister, Pearl 
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Miller; and his fiancé, Mildred Swanson; along with several 
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nephews, nieces, and cousins; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Jack Stried; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Jack Stried as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.