Full Text of HR0258 96th General Assembly
HR0258 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 Dr. Harry | 4 |
| W. Jensen, DC, who passed away on January 21, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry Jensen, DC, was born on May 20, 1929 in | 6 |
| Chicago; he was the child of Harry T. and Hattie L. Jensen; he | 7 |
| married Joan Pauline Bowers in 1955; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry Jensen, DC, received his education in | 9 |
| Chicago at Carl Schurz High School, where he enjoyed athletics, | 10 |
| including football and wrestling; a neck injury brought the | 11 |
| benefits of chiropractic care to his attention, which, in turn, | 12 |
| caused him to enroll at the National College of Chiropractic, | 13 |
| where he received his degree as a Doctor of Chiropractic and | 14 |
| Naturopathy in 1951; Dr. Jensen was a board certified Diplomat | 15 |
| of the American Board of Chiropractic Internists (DABCI); and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. Harry Jensen generously served his country and | 17 |
| community; he proudly served in the Illinois National Guard | 18 |
| with the 33rd Division, 132nd Infantry Regiment Medical Company | 19 |
| from 1950 to 1956; he was active in the Sterling-Rock Falls | 20 |
| Jaycees, serving as President in 1963; he was an active member | 21 |
| of the Sterling Rotary since 1972 and served on the Board of | 22 |
| Directors of the Sterling Chamber of Commerce from 1978 to |
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| 1980; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry Jensen, DC, worked to improve the | 3 |
| chiropractic profession; he was a member of the American | 4 |
| Chiropractic Association since 1951 and a member of the | 5 |
| Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research since 1971; | 6 |
| Dr. Jensen was a member of the Council on Diagnostic Imaging, | 7 |
| the Council on Chiropractic Orthopedics, and the Council on | 8 |
| Internal Diagnosis and Family Practice; Dr. Jensen was a member | 9 |
| of the Illinois Chiropractic Society Board of Directors for 17 | 10 |
| years and served as the organization's President for two terms | 11 |
| in 1975 and 1976; Dr. Jensen was elected Illinois Chiropractor | 12 |
| of the Year in 1978; he practiced in Illinois from 1951 until | 13 |
| his retirement on December 23, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Harry Jensen devoted his time to a higher cause; | 15 |
| he served two three year terms on the St. Paul Lutheran Church | 16 |
| Council from 1962-1964 and from 1975-1977, also serving as | 17 |
| President of the church council in 1964 and 1977 and later as | 18 |
| the church council's Treasurer in 1990; he also taught Sunday | 19 |
| school at St. Paul's for 17 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Harry Jensen is survived by his wife, Joan | 21 |
| Pauline Jensen; their six children and twenty grandchildren and | 22 |
| one great-grandchild, including Julie (William) Yemm and their | 23 |
| children Elizabeth (Christopher) Coon, Paul, Christina, Steve, |
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| and Allie; Linda (Robert) Jennings and their children Robby, | 2 |
| Samantha, and Dana; Thomas (Michelle) and their children Gavin, | 3 |
| Elliot, and Alena; Joan (Jeff) March and their children Morgan | 4 |
| and Anjelica; William (Barbara Jean) and their children William | 5 |
| David and Theresa Ann, and William David's son, William Eason; | 6 |
| and Karen (Andrew) Langsam and their children Christina, Luke, | 7 |
| Grace, Joshua, and Caroline; he is also survived by his sister, | 8 |
| Marilyn Thomas, and her children; his cousins, Betty, Jeri, | 9 |
| Jackie, and Diana; and his many other relatives; therefore, be | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Dr. | 14 |
| Harry W. Jensen, DC; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Dr. Harry W. Jensen as an expression | 17 |
| of our sympathy.
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