Full Text of SR0643 100th 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 James Henry Augustine of Livingston, who | 4 | | passed away on June 6, 2017; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, James Augustine was born in Litchfield to Henry J. | 6 | | "Hank" and Margariete M. (Kreuter) Augustine on April 9, 1942; | 7 | | he graduated from Livingston High School and Southern Illinois | 8 | | University in Carbondale;
he married Shirley Hettinger at the | 9 | | Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Livingston; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, James Augustine served six years with the Illinois | 11 | | Secretary of State Police; from 1968 to 1993, he taught history | 12 | | at Livingston High School, where he also coached baseball; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, James Augustine was active in Democratic | 14 | | politics, serving on the Madison County Board, the Olive | 15 | | Township Board of Trustees, and as a Democratic Precinct | 16 | | Committeeman for over 40 years; he was a historian, a student, | 17 | | and expert on the life and career of Civil War General T.J. | 18 | | "Stonewall" Jackson; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, James Augustine was a member of Laborers Local | 20 | | #179, the Livingston Fire Department, the Slovak Society, the | 21 | | Franklin Pierce Brigade, the Knights of Columbus, the Loyal |
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| 1 | | Order of Moose, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles; he was also | 2 | | a member, lector, usher, and retreat captain of Sacred Heart | 3 | | Catholic Church in Livingston; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, James Augustine was a player and alumni of the | 5 | | Livingston 3M "BlueSeals" baseball team and wore the now | 6 | | retired #11; he served as commissioner of the 3M Amateur | 7 | | Baseball League for many years; he was also a fan of the | 8 | | Atlanta Braves and Dallas Cowboys; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, James Augustine was affectionately known as J.H. | 10 | | Augustine, Mr. Augustine, Coach Augustine, Mr. Democrat, and | 11 | | Cowboy Jim; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, James Augustine was preceded in death by his | 13 | | parents; his sister, Nancy Augustine; and his brother, George | 14 | | Driscoll Augustine; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, James Augustine is survived by his children, Amy | 16 | | (Bryce) Rupert, Jamie (James) Herendeen, and Driscoll "Cole" | 17 | | (Nida) Augustine; his grandchildren, Aubry, Madelyn, Layne, | 18 | | Jace, and Jolee; and his expected grandson due in July to Cole | 19 | | and Nida; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | James Henry Augustine, and extend our sincere condolences to | 2 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of James Augustine as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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