Full Text of HR0075 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of James | 4 | | "Jim" E. Stack Jr. of Collinsville, who passed away on | 5 | | December 24, 2020; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jim Stack was born to James E. Stack Sr. and Wilma | 7 | | Rose (Grob) Stack in Granite City on July 20, 1947; he | 8 | | graduated from Granite City High School in 1965; he served in | 9 | | the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; as a member of the | 10 | | Construction Battalion, he served 18 months in Da Nang | 11 | | Vietnam; he first served as a member of Naval Intelligence, | 12 | | but mostly worked as a truck master for the Port of Da Nang; he | 13 | | was awarded the Navy Defense Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal | 14 | | with one Bronze Star, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Navy | 15 | | Unit Commendation Ribbon, and three commendations for breaking | 16 | | the record of materials shipped in one day and breaking that | 17 | | record twice more; he married Karen (Griffith) Stack in | 18 | | Edwardsville on November 27, 1985; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jim Stack first worked at McDonnell Douglas | 20 | | before joining the service; he then worked as a Rate Setter for | 21 | | the former General Steel Company, and he served as the | 22 | | Assistant Superintendent of Streets in Granite City; he had | 23 | | also owned and operated Stackorp, Inc./St. Louis Lead |
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| 1 | | Recycling and Stack Environmental Consulting; later, he also | 2 | | co-owned and operated REDCO Marine and Stackers Restaurant; he | 3 | | retired in December 2013 from the Illinois Department of | 4 | | Transportation after 11 years of dedicated service as the | 5 | | Urban Planning Unit Chief; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jim Stack was involved in his community | 7 | | throughout the years, serving on various boards and | 8 | | volunteering for many organizations; most recently, he was | 9 | | serving on the Collinsville Township Board of Trustees and as | 10 | | a Madison County Deputy Coroner; he had served as Madison | 11 | | County Democratic Party Chairman from June of 2012 until April | 12 | | of 2014; he was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Jesters and a | 13 | | lifetime members of AMVETS Post #204 in Madison; he was a | 14 | | member of the Ainad Shrine in East St. Louis and the | 15 | | Troy/Edwardsville Shrine Club and served on the Shriner's | 16 | | Honorary Guard and the director's staff; he was also a former | 17 | | Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus in Granite City; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Jim Stack enjoyed boating and fishing; he had | 19 | | many friends and was considered to be the life of the party; he | 20 | | knew how to have fun, cherished his grandchildren, and had an | 21 | | amazing array of accomplishments; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Jim Stack was preceded in death by his parents | 23 | | and his aunt, Eleanor Buente; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jim Stack is survived by his wife of 35 years; his | 2 | | two stepchildren, Paul (Gigi) DeLuca and Laura DeLuca (Joe | 3 | | Pavlovec); his four grandchildren, Nigel DeLuca (Allison | 4 | | Kelly), Killian DeLuca, Aaron Stadts (Emily Otten), and Adam | 5 | | Stadts (Kylee Patterson); his six brothers, Daniel (Dil) | 6 | | Stack, Raymond Stack, Michael (Joann) Stack, Bradley (Patti) | 7 | | Stack, Anthony (Robin) Stack, and Stephen Stack; his two | 8 | | sisters, Kathleen (Dave) Cerny and Anna Marie "Amy" Stack; his | 9 | | sister-in-law, Kaye (Richard) Wilson; and many nieces, | 10 | | nephews, extended family, and friends; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we mourn the passing of
James "Jim" E. Stack Jr. and extend our | 14 | | sincere
condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 15 | | and loved
him; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 17 | | presented to the family of Jim Stack as an expression of
our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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