Full Text of SR0268 95th General Assembly
SR0268 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Albert Cassens of Corvallis, Montana, | 4 |
| formerly of Edwardsville, who passed away on June 12, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Albert Dietrich Cassens was the grandson of German | 6 |
| immigrants and grew up on a family farm in Hamel, hauling | 7 |
| vegetables during the Great Depression; he is remembered as a | 8 |
| Christian man who gave back to the community; and
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| WHEREAS, The Cassens family had interests in farm | 10 |
| machinery, automobile sales, and produce transport, but it was | 11 |
| moving vehicles that built the family business; early in the | 12 |
| business, Mr. Cassens took a bus from Hamel to Detroit with his | 13 |
| brother, Arnold, so they could drive Hudson-Essex cars back to | 14 |
| the showroom; the business settled in Edwardsville, focusing on | 15 |
| car sales, car insurance, and automobile hauling; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Today Cassens Transport Company is one of the most | 17 |
| successful family-owned transport businesses in the nation, | 18 |
| having hauled for Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors, as well | 19 |
| as Toyota and Honda; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Cassens attended night school for eight years | 21 |
| at Washington University for accounting certification to help |
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| in the family business; and
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| WHEREAS, For more than a decade, the Edwardsville Chamber | 3 |
| of Commerce has given an award named after Mr. Cassens for | 4 |
| outstanding community service; he served on the board of | 5 |
| directors and as chairman of the Bank of Edwardsville for more | 6 |
| than sixty years; Mr. Cassens donated time, money, and land for | 7 |
| everything from churches to parks to the local YMCA;
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| Cassens helped fund expansions and renovations of the | 9 |
| Edwardsville YMCA and donated land to the Edwardsville School | 10 |
| District; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Cassens was raised in the United Church of | 12 |
| Christ and was a member of First Baptist Church in Edwardsville | 13 |
| for many years; he was also a member of the Rotary Club for | 14 |
| more than 60 years, where he is remembered for not missing a | 15 |
| meeting for over 45 years; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Albert Cassens was preceded in death by his | 17 |
| brother, Arnold Cassens; his first wife, Helen Cassens; and his | 18 |
| daughter, JoAnn Shashek; and
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| WHEREAS, Albert Cassens is survived by his wife, Doris | 20 |
| Cassens; his daughter, Kay; his eight grandchildren and | 21 |
| fourteen great-grandchildren; and his dear friend, Robert | 22 |
| Plummer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Albert Cassens; and be | 4 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Albert Cassens as a symbol of our | 7 |
| sympathy.
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