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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of John W. Lynn of Mundelein, who passed |
4 | | away on August 27, 2013; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, John Lynn was born on October 12, 1929 in Chicago; |
6 | | and
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7 | | WHEREAS, John Lynn was the founder and Director of the Kirk |
8 | | Players; he was a founding and the oldest member of the Kirk of |
9 | | the Lakes Presbyterian Church in Mundelein; he was also the |
10 | | founder and Director of the Mundelein Beauty Pageants and the |
11 | | Illinois Talent Competition; he was a member of the Mundelein |
12 | | Community Days Commission and the Illinois Fair Association |
13 | | Commission; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, John Lynn received the Robert E. Gard Superior |
15 | | Volunteer Award for faithful, long-term service to community |
16 | | theatre from the Illinois Theatre Association; in 2006, he |
17 | | received the Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award from the |
18 | | Illinois Humanities Council and the Illinois Theatre |
19 | | Association; in 2013, he was given The Village of Mundelein's |
20 | | Outstanding Citizen Award by Mayor Kessler; and
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21 | | WHEREAS, In 2001, Mayor Sindles proclaimed April 13 "John |