SR0806 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Reverend Jack L. Heino, who passed away on February 12, 2024; and

WHEREAS, Rev. Heino attended Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfield; he married Mary Linda, and they moved to Oceanside, California, located just outside of the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton; and

WHEREAS, Rev. Heino served as a frontline battalion chaplain for the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines of the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968, where he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart and received the rank of captain; he completed his service as chief of chaplains for all chaplains of the U.S. Armed Forces, based out of Washington, D.C., retiring in 1995; and

WHEREAS, Rev. Heino and his wife, Mary, returned to East Moline in 1995; he continued to serve as a chaplain at the Rock Island Arsenal; over the course of his life of service, he served congregations in Farmington, Minnesota, Mellen, Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Webster City, Iowa, Geneseo, Illinois, and East Dundee, Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Rev. Heino is survived by his wife; his daughter, Marisa (Moises Andrade) Jeffers; his daughter, Gina (Dan) Campidilli, and her family, Dane Campidilli, Sam Ebensberger, Danika Klaver, Ross Enslin, Briar Klaver, Beckett Klaver, and Banks Enslin; his daughter, Carmen (Scott) Roberts, and her family, Morgan Biehunko and Grant Biehunko; and her daughter, Monica Sipp, and her family, Alexis Konopa, Eric Konopa, Colden Konopa, Callen Konopa, and Caleb Sipp, with another on the way; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Reverend Jack L. Heino and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Rev. Heino as an expression of our deepest sympathy.