Full Text of HR0260 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of John | 4 | | Robert Power of Jacksonville, who passed away on October 9, | 5 | | 2018; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, John Power was born in Jacksonville to Carl Otto | 7 | | Power Jr. and Camille Dennehy on March 22, 1949; he graduated | 8 | | from Jacksonville High School in 1967; in 1973, he received a | 9 | | degree in English from Illinois College, where he served as | 10 | | president of the Sigma Pi literary society, led staff as editor | 11 | | of the campus newspaper, The Rambler, and participated as a | 12 | | member of the IC Forum; in 1969, he received the Paul E. | 13 | | Watkins Journalism Prize, and while in college, worked as a | 14 | | wire editor for the Journal-Courier; he married Judith Susan | 15 | | Fay in Washington, D.C. in 1978; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After college, John Power worked his way up from | 17 | | reporter to city editor in the Journal-Courier newsroom; when | 18 | | his father-in-law retired in 1982, he became publisher, and the | 19 | | Journal-Courier was modernized in every respect, including the | 20 | | installation of a new press in 1992; he oversaw the assembly of | 21 | | a talented and loyal staff, and under his direction, the | 22 | | newspaper won many awards for its editorial content, design, | 23 | | photography, and reproduction quality; he was especially proud |
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| 1 | | of a 14-section, 200-page special edition titled, "A Journey | 2 | | Through Time: Jacksonville 1825-2000"; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, John Power was an active civic leader for many | 4 | | decades, serving as past president of the Illinois State | 5 | | Historical Society and as chairman of its Finance Committee; he | 6 | | was a former member of the boards of directors of the Illinois | 7 | | Manufacturers' Association, the Illinois Humanities Council, | 8 | | the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, the | 9 | | Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce, and Jacksonville Main | 10 | | Street; he was also a past chairman of the Governor's Task | 11 | | Force of Historic Preservation, a past president and treasurer | 12 | | of the Morgan County Historical Society, a past chairman of the | 13 | | Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission, and treasurer | 14 | | of the Governor Duncan Association; he was a past president of | 15 | | the Jacksonville Rotary Club, a trustee of Sigma Pi Society of | 16 | | Illinois College, a member of the Illinois College Board of | 17 | | Trustees, a member of the board of directors of the | 18 | | Jacksonville Area Economic Development Corporation, a member | 19 | | of the federal government's Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial | 20 | | Commission Advisory Board, and one of the three founders of the | 21 | | West Plains Investors, Inc.; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, John Power was involved in the Corridor 67 | 23 | | initiative, a grassroots lobbying effort to enhance the highway | 24 | | stretching from Alton to Macomb from two lanes to four; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, John Power was an avid genealogical researcher and | 2 | | spent much of his time immersed in the history of Jacksonville, | 3 | | Morgan County, and the State of Illinois; he spent many summers | 4 | | working on Chautauqua and looked forward to running the Ferris | 5 | | wheel; he enjoyed traveling with the Rotary Club and his | 6 | | family, including to India, Israel, Egypt, Nigeria, and Peru; | 7 | | he was an avid reader and collector of books, maps, antiques, | 8 | | and assorted pieces of history; he was a dedicated member of | 9 | | Trinity Episcopal Church of Jacksonville; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, John Power was preceded in death by his wife, | 11 | | Judith; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, John Power is survived by his daughter, Phoebe | 13 | | (Steven) Power Googe; his son, Litton Power; his granddaughter, | 14 | | Isabel Fay; and his many lifelong friends; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we mourn the passing of John Robert Power and extend our | 18 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 19 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of John Power as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy.
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