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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of James A. "Jim" Adams, who passed away on |
| 4 | | March 14, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jim Adams was born on July 5, 1925 to Joe and |
| 6 | | Margaret (nee Graham) Adams; he attended Warren High School and |
| 7 | | enlisted in the United States Army in 1945, serving as a medic |
| 8 | | in the Constabulary based in Southern Germany; he graduated |
| 9 | | from the School of Agriculture at the University of Illinois |
| 10 | | Urbana-Champaign in February of 1951; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Jim Adams partnered with his father on a dairy |
| 12 | | farm in Wadsworth; he served as a herdsman for 2 years before |
| 13 | | going to Carthage College night school to get his teaching |
| 14 | | certificate; he taught seventh grade science at Hawthorn Junior |
| 15 | | High School for 24 years; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Jim Adams amused his students by strolling down |
| 17 | | the hallway loudly singing the "Illinois Loyalty" on Fridays |
| 18 | | before football games; he was also remembered for a chant |
| 19 | | devised to help students with a definition for osmosis; he |
| 20 | | retired in 1988; he was one of 2 people hired by the Lake |
| 21 | | County Farm Bureau to be the first presenters of the "Ag in the |
| 22 | | Classroom" program, visiting fourth grades all over Lake |
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| 1 | | County; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Jim Adams loved to sing and was a long-time former |
| 3 | | member of the St. Gilbert's Choir; he also enjoyed gardening, |
| 4 | | skiing, dancing, and exercising at the Gurnee Centre Club; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jim Adams was preceded in death by his parents; |
| 6 | | his 4 brothers, Ray, Don, Lloyd, and Bud Adams; his sister, |
| 7 | | Margaret; and his sons-in-law, Ray Lindal and Tony Liberto; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jim Adams is survived by his wife of 65 years, |
| 9 | | Wilma (nee Pellizzari); his children, Mark, Barbara, Carol |
| 10 | | (Tony) Liberto, and David; his 5 grandchildren, Christina |
| 11 | | (Brandon) Hunter, Ian (Kasey) Liberto, and Kaitlin, Lauren, and |
| 12 | | Andrew Adams; and his 3 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 15 | | James A. "Jim" Adams, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
| 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 17 | | further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to the family of Jim Adams as an expression of our |
| 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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