Full Text of SR0371 093rd General Assembly
SR0371 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with great sadness of the passing of the Reverend John | 4 |
| E. Lass of Taylorville on November 14, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, The Reverend John E. Lass was born on February 9, | 6 |
| 1919, in Stonington to Romie and Carrie Sims Lass; he married | 7 |
| Lucy Ferguson on October 31, 1942, in Presque Isle, Maine; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Lass was a retired machinist with Borg | 9 |
| Warner and founding pastor of the Life Tabernacle Church in | 10 |
| Taylorville; he served in the United States Air Force; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1973, Reverend Lass demonstrated that his | 12 |
| Pentecostal beliefs were the guiding force in his life by being | 13 |
| the founding pastor of Life Tabernacle Church in Taylorville | 14 |
| and serving as its senior pastor until his death; Reverend Lass | 15 |
| was a spiritual leader at the church, someone who was always | 16 |
| positive and strongly believed in the power of faith, hope, and | 17 |
| charity; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Reverend Lass always carried a happy and joyous | 19 |
| disposition that warmed the hearts and brightened the days of | 20 |
| all those he touched, especially his family; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of the Reverend John E. Lass has been | 22 |
| deeply felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his | 23 |
| beloved wife, Lucy Lass; his son, David John (Linda Anne) Lass; | 24 |
| his daughter, Janie M. (James "Skip") Moenck; his | 25 |
| grandchildren, Regan A. Mansfield, Anthony W. Moenck, Kaitlan | 26 |
| N. Moenck, Hunter L. Moenck, Rydge A. Moenck, Michelle L. | 27 |
| McMillian, David J. Lass, Jr., Anne M. Harrison-White, Heather | 28 |
| D. Frye, and Brian M. Harrison; his great-grandchildren, Shelby | 29 |
| Hunter Lee McMillian, Jacob Ryan McMillian, Chealsea Nichole | 30 |
| Lass, Chasity Amber Rena Lass, and Alyssa Marie Lass; his |
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| sister, Evelyn Pleshe; and his 17 nieces and nephews; he was | 2 |
| preceded in death by his parents, granddaughter, Amanda Hunter | 3 |
| Leigh Lass; two sisters, two brothers; and nephew, Johnny | 4 |
| Isabell; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 7 |
| the Reverend John E. Lass along with all who knew and loved him | 8 |
| and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; | 9 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of the Reverend John E. Lass as an | 12 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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