Full Text of SR0472 96th General Assembly
SR0472 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
Lyman M. Jensen of Galesburg, who passed | 4 |
| away on October 18, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Lyman Jensen was born on October 12, 1941, in Iron | 6 |
| Mountain, Michigan; he was the son of Russell and Dorothy | 7 |
| (Cole) Jensen; he married Bonnie Olson, who preceded him in | 8 |
| death in 1974; he married Connie L. Rouland Landon on June 22, | 9 |
| 1976, in Galesburg; and
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| WHEREAS, Lyman Jensen was an Eagle Scout and the | 11 |
| valedictorian of the Goodman High School Class of 1959; he then | 12 |
| graduated from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, | 13 |
| Michigan in 1964 with a degree in civil engineering; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduating from college, Lyman Jensen began | 15 |
| working with the Colorado Department of Transportation; he was | 16 |
| hired as a Civil Engineer for the City of Galesburg in 1971 and | 17 |
| was promoted to the position of Director of Public Works in | 18 |
| 1977; he also served 4 terms as the Acting City Manager; he | 19 |
| retired from the City of Galesburg in 2000; and
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| WHEREAS, During his 30 years of dedicated service, Lyman | 21 |
| Jensen was involved with a number of projects for the City of |
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| Galesburg, including the Farnham Street and County Highway 10 | 2 |
| Bridges, Linwood Road, Carl Sandburg Drive, the Losey Street | 3 |
| Subway, the additional wells at Oquawka, the standby generators | 4 |
| at Oquawka and Galesburg, the purchase and clearance of the | 5 |
| Manyx Property at Lake Storey, the Bike Path around Lake | 6 |
| Storey, and many improvements to Bunker Links; and
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| WHEREAS, Lyman Jensen was a member of the Sunrise Rotary | 8 |
| Club, the City of Galesburg Planning Commission, the Railroad | 9 |
| Days Committee, the National Society of Professional Civil | 10 |
| Engineers, the American Public Works Association, the American | 11 |
| Water Works Association, and the Illinois Municipal League | 12 |
| Public Works Committee; he also served as a volunteer for the | 13 |
| United Way, the Chamber Environment Task Force, the Streets and | 14 |
| Highways Committee, Christmas in April, and Adopt-a-Park; he | 15 |
| was the recipient of the Tom Herring Award for his many years | 16 |
| of dedicated community service; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Lyman Jensen enjoyed fishing, woodworking, | 18 |
| attending his grandchildren’s sporting events, and watching | 19 |
| the Green Bay Packers; and
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| WHEREAS, Lyman Jensen was preceded in death by his sister, | 21 |
| Agnes Cross, and his first wife; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, Lyman Jensen is survived by his wife, Connie; his |
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| children, Mrs. Steve (Lori) Dredge, Lana Almaguer, Mrs. Jeff | 2 |
| (Sherri) Kremer, and Mike (Lori) Landon; his brother, Norman | 3 |
| (Carol) Jensen; his 7 grandchildren; his 2 step-grandchildren; | 4 |
| and 2 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Lyman M. Jensen; and be | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Lyman Jensen as an expression of our | 11 |
| sympathy.
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