Full Text of HR0960 96th General Assembly
HR0960 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of John J. | 4 |
| "Jack" Thelen of Antioch, who passed away on February 21, 2010; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, He was born May 25, 1950, in Woodstock, the son of | 7 |
| Verner and Mary Ann "Bunny"(nee Stoffel) Thelen; he had resided | 8 |
| in Pistakee Highlands and Spring Grove before settling in | 9 |
| Antioch; On January 20, 1973, he married Deborah Nesbit in St. | 10 |
| Louis, Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of St. Peter Church of Antioch, | 12 |
| past board member and past president of the Antioch Chamber of | 13 |
| Commerce, member and Paul Harris Fellow of the Antioch Rotary | 14 |
| Club, and member of the Northern Illinois Ready Mix & Materials | 15 |
| Association, Illinois Ready Mixed Concrete, and Wisconsin | 16 |
| Ready Mix Concrete Associations, the Boy Scouts of America | 17 |
| Troop #92 of Antioch, the Northern Illinois Shooters | 18 |
| Association and the Big Foot Archers, and a board member of the | 19 |
| State Bank of the Lakes for 21 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Since 1963 he was a co-owner of Thelen Sand & | 21 |
| Gravel; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Vern | 2 |
| Thelen; and a brother-in-law, Ross Berry; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the husband for 37 years of Debbie; the | 4 |
| father of John R. (Tami), Jessica M. Thelen, and Jennifer | 5 |
| (Patrick) Barton; the son of Mary Ann "Bunny" Thelen; the | 6 |
| grandfather of Taylor Kae, Jacob T., and Kylie E. Thelen and | 7 |
| Grace K. Barton; the brother of Mary Beth (Bob) Varak, Sue | 8 |
| (Warren) Schumacher, Tom (Paige) Thelen, Pete (Terry Childers) | 9 |
| Thelen, Steve (Diana) Thelen, Ann (Mark) Kroupa, Barb (Mark) | 10 |
| Miller, and Peg (Tom) Miles; the grandson of his maternal | 11 |
| grandparents, the late Jacob E. (Matilda) Stoffel, and his | 12 |
| paternal grandparents, the late John J. (Agatha) Thelen; the | 13 |
| son-in-law of Robert C. (Dorothy J.) Nesbit; and the | 14 |
| brother-in-law of Cyndi Parazak, Karen (Dan) Spalding, and Kim | 15 |
| (Gary) Martin and their families; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of John | 19 |
| J. "Jack" Thelen; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the family of John J. "Jack" Thelen as a symbol of | 22 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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