Full Text of SR0302 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Howard Jones, Jr. of Lake Forest, who | 4 | | passed away on March 9, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Howard Jones, Jr. was born in Oak Park on February | 6 | | 19, 1929 to Howard, Sr. and Margaret (Fisher); he attended | 7 | | Ascension Grade School and Fenwick High School in Oak Park and | 8 | | Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In the 1950s, Howard Jones, Jr. worked in various | 10 | | jobs in Miami Beach and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, a locale that | 11 | | would forever be his home away from home; he married Nancy | 12 | | Keenan on September 13, 1958 in Oak Park; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Howard Jones, Jr. began his business career with | 14 | | the Insurance Company of North America (INA), and later as the | 15 | | owner/operator of his own independent agency in Deerfield, Lake | 16 | | Forest, and Forest Park; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Howard Jones, Jr. was an avid athlete and enjoyed | 18 | | tennis, basketball, baseball, football, and hockey; he coached | 19 | | numerous little league baseball and basketball teams in | 20 | | Deerfield; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Howard Jones, Jr. was preceded in death by his | 2 | | parents, and his sister, Virginia; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Howard Jones, Jr. is survived by his 5 sons, | 4 | | Reverend Michael Keenan, Matthew (Carol), Mark, Patrick | 5 | | (Lori), and Peter (Jennifer); his daughter, Nan Weitzman | 6 | | (Scott); his grandchildren, Samuel, Carly, Dani, Jake, | 7 | | Matthew, Charles, Anna, Howard William, III, Luke, Emma, Molly, | 8 | | Murphy, Mac, and Max Weitzman; and countless friends in the | 9 | | Chicago area as well as his many friends and neighbors in the | 10 | | Ocean Colony community of Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing | 14 | | Howard Jones, Jr., and extend our sincere condolences to his | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Howard Jones, Jr. as an expression | 19 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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