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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 John Thomas Ahern of Silvis, who passed |
| 4 | | away on August 8, 2016; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Ahern was born on September 14, 1935 in |
| 6 | | Waterloo, Iowa; his parents were James and Ruth Flynn Ahern; he |
| 7 | | married Susan Jansen on June 13, 1964 at St. Joseph's Church in |
| 8 | | Rock Island; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, John Ahern attended St. Columbkille's Grade |
| 10 | | School, Loras Academy, and Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, |
| 11 | | where he graduated in 1960; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, John Ahern served his country as a United States |
| 13 | | Marine; while in the Marine Corps, he was awarded a role in the |
| 14 | | movie "The DI" starring Jack Webb; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, John Ahern worked for the Illinois Central |
| 16 | | Railroad and the Rock Island Lines Railroad in Silvis before |
| 17 | | retiring after 20 years from John Deere Harvester Works in East |
| 18 | | Moline; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, John Ahern served his community as an Alderman in |
| 20 | | Silvis; he was a member of the Alleman High School Board of |
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| 1 | | Education and the St. Mary's East Moline School Board; he also |
| 2 | | served as a Trustee for Black Hawk College, earning Trustee of |
| 3 | | the Year in 2003; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, John Ahern was an East Moline and Silvis Rotarian, |
| 5 | | a member of Knights of Columbus Council 716 and the Quad Cities |
| 6 | | St. Patrick's Society; he was also Grand Marshal of the Quad |
| 7 | | Cities St. Patrick's Day Grand Parade in 1998; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Ahern was preceded in death by his parents |
| 9 | | and his children, Mary Colleen, Terrence, Michael, and Timothy; |
| 10 | | and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Ahern is survived by his wife, Susan; his |
| 12 | | children, Catherine (Bob) Clementi, Sean (Julie) Ahern, Dennis |
| 13 | | (Lisa) Ahern, Regina (Brian) Knobloch, Kevin (Amy) Ahern, Brian |
| 14 | | Ahern, Seamus (Amanda) Ahern, and Guila Meghan Ahern; 24 |
| 15 | | grandchildren; two great-grandsons and one on the way; his |
| 16 | | brother, Dr. James Ahern; and his sister, Judith McDonald; |
| 17 | | therefore, be it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
| 20 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of John Thomas Ahern; and |
| 21 | | be it further
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