Full Text of SR0478 98th General Assembly
SR0478 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 Jasper "Jay" S. Owens of Beach Park, who | 4 | | passed away on July 14, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jasper Owens was born on July 9, 1940, in | 6 | | Waukegan; he grew up in Chicago and graduated from Waller High | 7 | | School in 1959; he was stationed in Germany for 3 years while | 8 | | serving in the United States Army; he married Nancy Lindquist | 9 | | in June 1967 in Waukegan; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jasper Owens worked for A&P for 22 years and also | 11 | | in physical plant services at New Trier High School for 20 | 12 | | years; he retired in 1998; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Jasper Owens was a member of Saint Mark's Lutheran | 14 | | Church in Waukegan, where he served on the church council, the | 15 | | finance committee, the technology council, and spent time doing | 16 | | the grocery shopping for the yearly pasty sale; he was an avid | 17 | | fan of the Chicago Bears, Chicago White Sox, and NASCAR; he | 18 | | enjoyed spending time with his dog, Jake, and feeding the | 19 | | birds; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Jasper Owens was preceded in death by his father, | 21 | | Jasper S. Owens; his mother, Ina Owens Matz; his step-father, |
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| 1 | | William Matz; his father and mother-in-law, John and Helen | 2 | | Lindquist; his brother, George Owens; and his brother-in-law, | 3 | | Michael Skowronski; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Jasper Owens is survived by his wife of 46 years, | 5 | | Nancy; his daughters, Karen (Marc) Cohen and Kathleen Owens; | 6 | | his grandson, Erik Cohen; his sister, Marlene Skowronski; his | 7 | | brother, William Matz; his sisters-in-law, Rosemary Owens and | 8 | | Lillian (Henry) Trygar; his many nieces, nephews, | 9 | | great-nieces, great-nephews, and a great-great-niece; as well | 10 | | as other family and friends; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Jasper "Jay" S. Owens, and extend our sincere condolences to | 14 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Jasper Owens as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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