Full Text of HR0646 94th General Assembly
HR0646 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of James E. | 4 |
| Redden of Marion on Thursday, September 8, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Redden was born on January 11, 1932, in West | 6 |
| Frankfort to Hugh F. and Thelma (Frazier) Redden; he married | 7 |
| Rosemary Gothard on January 16, 1953, in Herrin, and together | 8 |
| they shared more than 52 years of marriage; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from McKendree College in Lebanon in | 10 |
| 1953, where he played football, ran track, and was manager for | 11 |
| the basketball team; he valiantly served his country as a | 12 |
| member of the U.S. Army during the Korean War; and
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| WHEREAS, Following his military service, Mr. Redden taught | 14 |
| and coached at Cairo and Eldorado high schools; he was program | 15 |
| manager for Universal Match Corp, vice president of Central | 16 |
| Technology, Inc. of Herrin, retired after 20 years as vice | 17 |
| president with Olin Corporation in Marion and East Alton, and | 18 |
| executive vice president of Valentec International Corp in St. | 19 |
| Louis; he also taught business management courses at Southern | 20 |
| Illinois University and John A. Logan College; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist | 22 |
| Church, Marion Rotary Club, and the Williamson County Airport | 23 |
| Authority Board; he was an organizer and director of South | 24 |
| Pointe Bank, a precinct committeeman for the Republican Party, | 25 |
| and a 32nd degree Mason of Marion Lodge 89 A.F. and A.M., | 26 |
| Valley of Southern Illinois; he served as past president of the | 27 |
| Marion Wildcats Booster Club and the Marion Chamber of | 28 |
| Commerce, receiving the Marion Man of the Year award from the | 29 |
| Chamber in 1976; he was a past president of Marion Youth | 30 |
| Baseball and Softball, a past chairman of the Williamson County | 31 |
| Red Cross and the Williamson County Housing Authority, and a |
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| past trustee of John A. Logan College; he had served as a | 2 |
| member of the John A. Logan College Foundation Board, the | 3 |
| Southern Illinois University School of Business Advisory | 4 |
| Board, the Southern Illinois Foundation Board, the Marion Civic | 5 |
| Center Board, the Southern Illinois Inc. Board, and the | 6 |
| Methodist Children Home (Mount Vernon) Board; he was an avid | 7 |
| golfer at West Frankfort Golf Club; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of James E. Redden has been deeply | 9 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Rosemary; his daughter, | 10 |
| Jamie Powell and husband, Nick; his sons, Don G. Redden and | 11 |
| wife, Lynne, and Terry D. Redden and wife, Debbie; his | 12 |
| grandchildren, Autumn Redden, Brittany Powell, James Douglas | 13 |
| Redden, and Brett Powell; his great-granddaughter, Summer | 14 |
| Combs; his brother, Bill Redden and wife, Donna; his sisters, | 15 |
| Marge Carter and husband, Sam, Janet LeFeber, and Betty | 16 |
| Pasternak and husband, Frank; his sister-in-law, Betty Redden; | 17 |
| and several nieces and nephews; he was preceded in death by his | 18 |
| parents and his brother, Hugh Redden; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 |
| we mourn the passing of James E. Redden, and we extend our | 22 |
| deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew and | 23 |
| loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 26 |
| condolences.
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