Full Text of SR0264 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of John B. Tipton, who passed away on April | 4 | | 14, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Tipton was born on February 14, 1922, in | 6 | | Girard; his parents were Howerton and Nettie Tipton; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, John Tipton served in the United States Navy | 8 | | during World War II; he served on the USS South Dakota, where | 9 | | he was injured; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, John Tipton will be fondly remembered as the | 11 | | balloon man; he always brought smiles to people's faces when he | 12 | | would give them a balloon animal or bouquet; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, John Tipton was a past commander of the Lockport | 14 | | American Legion John Olson Post #18, a past chaplain of the DAV | 15 | | #103, and a member of New Lenox VFW Harry E. Anderson Post | 16 | | #9545, Joliet-Matteson Masonic Lodge #175, Ansar Shrine of | 17 | | Springfield, and 40-8 Club of Joliet; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, John Tipton loved to help others and during his | 19 | | last years, he raised money from donations for injured service | 20 | | members who are presently in veterans' homes; he also worked |
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| 1 | | hard to get a veteran's clinic and hospital in Joliet; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, John Tipton was preceded in death by his wife, | 3 | | Loraine; his son, Matthew; and his parents; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, John Tipton is survived by his daughter, Patricia | 5 | | (Roger) McReynolds; his grandchildren, Roger McReynolds, Randy | 6 | | (Heidi Buzay) McReynolds, Rebecca (Joe) Mahon, and Rachel | 7 | | (Jason) Ventura; his great-grandchildren, Andrew, Lilith, | 8 | | Evelyn, and Riley; and his brother, Henry (Lois Weddle) Tipton; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 | | his family and friends, the passing of John B. Tipton; and be | 13 | | it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of John Tipton as an expression of our | 16 | | sympathy.
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