Full Text of SR0106 96th General Assembly
SR0106 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Thomas L. Sassman of Pekin, who passed | 4 |
| away on February 13, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on February 25, 1940, in Tazewell | 6 |
| County to Lorn and Bessie Faye (Romans) Sassman; he married | 7 |
| Karen Kay Johnson on August 19, 1962, in Pekin; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a United States Army veteran; he worked for | 9 |
| the Pekin Park District for 18 years in many different | 10 |
| capacities, including superintendent; he then worked for the | 11 |
| City of Pekin as Superintendent of Streets for 18 years; | 12 |
| following retirement, he was the caretaker of Soldwedel Estates | 13 |
| for 10 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a former member and past president of the | 15 |
| Pekin Chapter of AMBUCS; he also was a former volunteer for the | 16 |
| Central Illinois Dream Factory; he was a faithful member of | 17 |
| Grace United Methodist Church in Pekin; he also served on the | 18 |
| Dillon Cemetery Board; his focus was his children and | 19 |
| grandchildren, and he took great pride in attending their | 20 |
| activities; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and his |
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| brother, Ray Sassman; and
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Sassman is survived by his wife, Karen; his | 3 |
| son, Doug (Dr. Donna) Sassman; his daughter, Lori Shutt; his | 4 |
| grandchildren, Erica Shutt, Heidi Shutt, and Caleb Shutt; his | 5 |
| brother, Harold (Doris) Sassman; his sisters, Darlene (Lloyd) | 6 |
| Buttry, Fannie (Everett) Look, and Etta (Delbert) Coggins; his | 7 |
| stepmother, Kathleen Sassman; and his five stepbrothers and | 8 |
| four stepsisters; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Thomas Sassman; and be | 12 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Thomas Sassman as a symbol of our | 15 |
| sincere sympathy.
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