Full Text of SR1345 101st 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 Daniel L. "Chief" Johnson of Port Byron, | 4 | | who passed away on August 8, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dan Johnson was born in Kewanee to Hayden "Jack" | 6 | | and Adella (Euchaski) Johnson on August 24, 1935; he graduated | 7 | | from Visitation Catholic School and Wethersfield High School; | 8 | | he married Colette Wilson in 1956, and she preceded him in | 9 | | death in 1978; he married Linda J. Coe in Colona on June 22, | 10 | | 1985; he began his service in the U.S. Air Force as an aircraft | 11 | | loadmaster in 1952, and he retired as a chief master sergeant | 12 | | (E-9) in 1995; during his military service, he attended the | 13 | | University of Maryland and the University of Oklahoma; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Following his service, Dan Johnson was employed as | 15 | | a maintenance management supervisor at the Arsenal with the | 16 | | U.S. Army Armament, Munitions & Chemical Command (AMCCOM); he | 17 | | later became a truck owner and operator, and alongside his | 18 | | wife, he was a popcorn farmer; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dan Johnson served as trustee and later supervisor | 20 | | of Coe Township, as president of the St. John's Parish Council, | 21 | | as Eucharistic minister and lector at St. John's, as trustee | 22 | | and president of the Our Lady of Grace Education Commission, |
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| 1 | | and as a three-time member of the Alleman High School Board; he | 2 | | was a life member of the Coe-Lamb American Legion, the Vietnam | 3 | | Veterans Association, the Professional Loadmaster Association, | 4 | | the Air Force Sergeant's Association, and the Air Force | 5 | | Association; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dan Johnson was preceded in death by his first | 7 | | wife and his parents; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dan Johnson is survived by his wife, Linda; his | 9 | | children, Daniel C. Johnson, Valary L. Johnson, and Leslie D. | 10 | | (Doug) Johnson; his brother, Michael (Marcia) Johnson; his | 11 | | grandchildren, Nicolette (Joji) Mangubat, Cameron Starke, and | 12 | | Dylan Johnson; and several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Daniel L. "Chief" Johnson and extend our sincere condolences to | 16 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Dan Johnson as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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