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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Paul Thennes of Charleston, who passed
4away on November 7, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Paul Thennes was born in McHenry on September 21,
61949 to Edward J. and Agnes M. (nee Guerin) Thennes; he earned
7an associate's degree from McHenry College and attended Eastern
8Illinois University for 2 years; he proudly served his country
9during the Vietnam War with the 36th Engineer Battalion Company
10D, United States Army; he married Marjorie E. Thoele on June
1117, 1978 in Teutopolis; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Paul Thennes was Seven Hickory Township Road
13Commissioner for many years before working at Eastern Illinois
14University as a groundskeeper; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Paul Thennes was a member of the American Legion
16and a Life Member of the Charleston VFW Paul McVey Post 1592;
17he loved the outdoors and enjoyed hunting; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Paul Thennes was preceded in death by his parents;
19his stepmother, Grace Thennes; and his 2 brothers, Mark and
20Gere Thennes; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Paul Thennes is survived by his wife, Margie; his
22 brothers and their wives, Tom Thennes and Karen and Richard
3Thennes and Mary; his 2 sisters and their husbands, Martha
4Peters and Jim and Ann Thennes and Don Hodgkins; and 31 nieces
5and nephews and their families; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
8Paul Thennes, and extend our sincere condolences to his family,
9friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to the family of Paul Thennes as an expression of our
12deepest sympathy.