Full Text of SR0687 96th General Assembly
SR0687 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were saddened | 3 |
| to learn of the death of John J. "Jack" Kent, who passed away | 4 |
| on August 4, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, The last twenty years of his life he served as the | 6 |
| Facilities Manager at St. Margaret Mary Parish, where he kept | 7 |
| the Activity Center properly scheduled, heated, cooled, clean, | 8 |
| and inviting to all those people who came together to eat, to | 9 |
| pray, to mourn, to celebrate, and to relax, all those things | 10 |
| necessary to build a vibrant community; and
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| WHEREAS,For twenty-five years the cast of "Snack Theater" | 12 |
| was indebted to him for his patience in solving all the | 13 |
| technical problems involved in putting on a musical production; | 14 |
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| WHEREAS, Jack played tight end at Iowa State University, | 16 |
| and was invited to try out for the Dallas Cowboys; and
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| WHEREAS, Jack loved life, was truly Mother Nature's son, a | 18 |
| country boy at heart, and a real cowboy in South Dakota; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Jack had a deep and abiding love for his family, | 20 |
| and especially his wife, Julie; and
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| WHEREAS, Jack is survived by his wife of 46 years, Julie, | 2 |
| nee Keuth; he was the loving father of Janmarie Kent, Julianne | 3 |
| (Randy) Weiss, Joseph (Jackie) Kent, and Jessica (Francis) | 4 |
| Corrigan; he was the adored "Papa" of Erin Mackin, Melissa and | 5 |
| Danielle Weiss, Jillian, Jacey, and Jackson Kent, and Francis | 6 |
| and Patrick Corrigan; he was the fond brother of Mike (Maxine) | 7 |
| Kent, Barbara (Bob) Dewell, and the late Gary (Linda) Kent; and | 8 |
| he was the devoted son-in-law of Jeanne Keuth; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| his family and friends, the passing of John J. "Jack" Kent; and | 12 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of John J. "Jack" Kent as a symbol of | 15 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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