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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Illinois State Senator Tim Bivins and the members |
| 3 | | of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of |
| 4 | | Albert J. Tieken of Dixon, who passed away on June 1, 2016; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken was born on April 21, 1929 in Oak |
| 6 | | Park; his parents were John and Wilhelmina Tieken; he married |
| 7 | | Nellie Clausen on September 6, 1953 in Sycamore; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken was a veteran of the United States |
| 9 | | Army; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken taught agriculture at Lee Center, |
| 11 | | Amboy, and Dixon High Schools for many years prior to his |
| 12 | | retirement in 1986; after his retirement, he taught |
| 13 | | horticulture and landscaping at Sauk Valley Community College; |
| 14 | | he also started the first recycling program in Dixon; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken was a member of St. Anne Catholic |
| 16 | | Church in Dixon and American Legion Post 12; he was also active |
| 17 | | in the Dixon Combined Veterans Group and was a member of the |
| 18 | | original Sugar Grove Church Restoration Committee; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken enjoyed joking and spending time |
| 20 | | with his grandchildren, teaching music and playing the piano, |
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| 1 | | beekeeping, wine and beer making, reading, traveling, hunting, |
| 2 | | the outdoors, and trying new foods; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken was preceded in death by his parents |
| 4 | | and his sister, Elaine Dufault; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken is survived by his loving wife of 62 |
| 6 | | years, Nellie; his children, Terri (Illinois State Senator Tim) |
| 7 | | Bivins, Deb (Jim Nagy) Tieken Catalina, and Bob (Barb) Tieken; |
| 8 | | his grandchildren, Lindsey (Billy) Johnson, Ryan (Jordan) |
| 9 | | Bivins, Chris (Letha) Catalina, Brian (Tina) Catalina, Gabriel |
| 10 | | Tieken, Sarah (Greg) Myers, and Caleb Tieken; his |
| 11 | | step-grandchildren, Stephanie (Dave) Hanrahan and Jake (Rose) |
| 12 | | Angleton; and 23 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, along with his |
| 15 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Albert J. Tieken; and |
| 16 | | be it further
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 18 | | presented to the family of Albert Tieken as an expression of |
| 19 | | our sympathy.
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