Full Text of HR0662 96th General Assembly
HR0662 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mason R. | 4 |
| Absher of Marion, who passed away on September 9, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Mason, one of nine children, was born August 20, | 6 |
| 1919, in Marion, to John R. and Kate (Beers) Absher; on July | 7 |
| 25, 1941, he married Imogene (Fairchild) Absher; and
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| WHEREAS, He served his country honorably during World War | 9 |
| II for more than four and a half years; prior to being drafted | 10 |
| into the United States Army, he taught at "Center", a one-room | 11 |
| country school in Williamson County near Corinth; upon his | 12 |
| discharge from the Army, he resumed his teaching career in | 13 |
| Energy and served as school principal until 1948, when he left | 14 |
| the field of education; and
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| WHEREAS, He founded Absher Motor Sales in 1947 and later | 16 |
| was awarded the Nash and Rambler franchise and later expanded | 17 |
| into other franchise lines; he and his wife were active in | 18 |
| retail automobile business until their retirements in 1984; | 19 |
| their love for the business was passed on to their son and | 20 |
| their grandsons; and
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| WHEREAS, Mason was a lifetime member of Fellowship Lodge 89 |
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| Masonic Lodge, a Shriner of Ainad Shrine Temple, a member of | 2 |
| New Hope Church in Marion, and a charter member of the Marion | 3 |
| Kiwanis Club; he was awarded the coveted "Lifetime Achievement | 4 |
| Award" by the Marion Chamber of Commerce in 1998; he served on | 5 |
| the Marion Chamber of Commerce board of directors from 1982 to | 6 |
| 1984; he also served on the board of directors of the Bank of | 7 |
| Egypt for many years and later served on the Banterra Bank | 8 |
| Board; and
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| WHEREAS, He will be remembered for his ability to remember | 10 |
| birthdays; he took great pleasure in contacting people on their | 11 |
| birthdays and bringing them delight on their special days; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his mother and father; | 13 |
| his brothers, Leslie, Clarence, Charlie, and Maurice; and his | 14 |
| sisters, Vivian Absher and Lavina Siedler; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife, Imogene Absher; his | 16 |
| son, Bill Absher and wife, Sandy; his daughter, Betty Jean | 17 |
| Bowles and husband, Ed; his grandsons, David Arnold and wife, | 18 |
| Kim, Michael Absher and wife, Cheryl, and Colonel Kevin Fox of | 19 |
| the United States Air Force and his wife, Linda; his | 20 |
| great-grandchildren, Jessica Arnold, Jarrod Arnold, Jordan | 21 |
| Arnold, Cole Absher, Reed Absher, and Will Absher; his | 22 |
| brothers, Orie Absher and David Absher; his many nieces and | 23 |
| nephews; and his longtime close friend, Earl Parks; therefore, |
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| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Mason | 5 |
| Absher; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to the family of Mason Absher as a symbol of our | 8 |
| sincere sympathy.
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