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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of James P. Tentes of Waukegan, who passed 
4away on October 2, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, James Tentes was born on February 5, 1925 in 
6Waukegan to Peter and Mae (nee Karry) Tentes; he attended 
7Waukegan High School and served his country in the United 
8States Army; he married Betty Fliftcroft in Waukegan on March 
916, 1946; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, James Tentes worked with Chicago Pipefitters 
11Local 597  and owned Tentes Heating Company and Janis 
12Cleanerama; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, James Tentes was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran 
14Church in Waukegan; he sang and toured with the Sibelius Choir 
15of Chicago and with several other choirs; he was a member of 
16several local bowling league and enjoyed fishing and hunting at 
17his cabin in Watersmeet, Michigan; he liked to travel worldwide 
18and was a founding member of the Waukegan Historical Society; 
19and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, James Tentes was preceded in death by his parents 
21and by his brother, George; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, James Tentes is survived by his wife of 67 years, 
2Betty; his brothers, Tony and Charles; his sister, Eliane; his 
3children, Phillip (Rosemary), Edward (Judith), and Thomas; his 
4grandchildren, Korey, Ryan, Aimee (Steve), Jacqueline (Tim), 
5Peter, and Patrick; his great-grandchild, Piper Charlotte; and 
6many nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
9James P. Tentes, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
10family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
11further
  
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to the family of James Tentes as an expression of our 
14deepest sympathy.