Full Text of SR0230 096th General Assembly
SR0230 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 George F. Taseff of Carlinville, who | 4 |
| passed away on April 4, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Taseff was born December 8, 1925, in Chicago, | 6 |
| the son of Anton and Mary Taseff; in 1944 he graduated from | 7 |
| Schurz High School; he later enlisted in the United States | 8 |
| Marine Corps, where he fought in the battles of Saipan and | 9 |
| Okinawa; and
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| WHEREAS, After the war he earned a bachelor of science | 11 |
| degree in education from the Northern Illinois State Teachers | 12 |
| College and a master's degree in education from the University | 13 |
| of Missouri; he married Gloria Mae Hansen in 1952, and taught | 14 |
| school in Texas and Chicago; in 1960 he moved to Carlinville, | 15 |
| where he taught sixth grade for more than 25 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He served two terms as alderman in Ward 5; he was | 17 |
| an active volunteer in the community and a member of the Ansar | 18 |
| Shrine, Mt. Nebo Lodge No. 76, Carlinville Moose Lodge, Elks, | 19 |
| American Legion, and the VFW; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Taseff was proud to be an organ donor and | 21 |
| helping area children through the Shriners Hospital for |
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| Children; and
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| WHEREAS, Surviving are his wife, Gloria; his daughter, Nora | 3 |
| Tuggle and husband, Fred; his sons, George Taseff and wife, | 4 |
| Jeanine and Ray Taseff and wife, Liesbeth Boots; and his | 5 |
| grandsons, Nick and Devin; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 |
| his family and friends, the passing of George Taseff; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of George Taseff as a symbol of our | 12 |
| sincere sympathy.
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