Full Text of SR0369 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Leslie J. "Jack" Fyans Jr., Ph.D., who | 4 | | passed away on June 12, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Fyans was born to Antoinette Picco Fyans and | 6 | | Leslie J. "Jack" Fyans in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 6, | 7 | | 1952; he married Paula Peterson at Antioch Church of Christ in | 8 | | Rossville on May 18, 1974, and they had two children; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Fyans was a consultant to the Illinois State | 10 | | Board of Education for over 10 years; he served as chief | 11 | | psychological consultant to the Veterans Center of Illinois | 12 | | for 36 years and as a consultant to the Federal Disability | 13 | | Program of the Illinois Department of Human Services for 32 | 14 | | years; he founded Clinical Counseling in 1979; he cared deeply | 15 | | for those he counseled and was affectionately known as "Doctor | 16 | | Jack" and "Doc"; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Fyans was a longtime, active, and devoted | 18 | | member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Fyans' love of life, good friends, and good | 20 | | wine, along with his quick-witted humor, made him the life of | 21 | | any party; his cherished friendships gained through church, |
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| 1 | | school, youth soccer, the Italian American Society, and | 2 | | Republican committees enriched his happiness and ability to | 3 | | survive and thrive despite many health challenges; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Fyans' greatest source of pride and joy was | 5 | | his children and grandchildren, and his favorite titles were | 6 | | "Dad" and "Papa"; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Fyans was the husband of Paula; the father of | 8 | | Angela M. Picco Fyans-Jimenez and Leslie J. Picco "JP" | 9 | | (Kristin Michelle Litviak) Fyans III; and the grandfather of | 10 | | Natalya Fyans-Jimenez, Luciano Fyans-Jimenez, Jackson Fyans, | 11 | | and Charles Fyans; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Leslie J. "Jack" Fyans Jr., Ph.D., and extend our sincere | 15 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 16 | | him; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Dr. Fyans as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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