Full Text of SR0686 101st 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 Jack Albin Allen of Tuscola, who passed | 4 | | away on September 4, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jack Allen was born in Newman to Ray and Lela | 6 | | Albin Allen on October 27, 1926; he graduated from Newman High | 7 | | School, where he played football and the trombone; he married | 8 | | Wilma Armstrong in 1949 and served in the U.S. Army; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Jack Allen worked at USI and was a partner in the | 10 | | Tuscola John Deere dealership; he later co-founded the | 11 | | Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth dealership; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1974, Jack Allen was elected County Clerk for | 13 | | Douglas County and served in that position through 1990; prior | 14 | | to being County Clerk, he was a county board member and a | 15 | | Tuscola City Alderman; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Jack Allen was a 50-year member of Newman Masonic | 17 | | Lodge #369, where he served as Worshipful Master; he was a | 18 | | 50-year member of Tuscola Chapter #66 Royal Arch Masons, where | 19 | | he served as Excellent High Priest; he loved model trains, his | 20 | | ukuleles, and playing the piano; he was a trombonist in Gene | 21 | | Trimble's orchestra; he also enjoyed finishing antique farm |
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| 1 | | toys, yard work, taking care of his house, playing golf, trips | 2 | | to Florida, and visiting family; he was a member of Tuscola | 3 | | United Methodist Church and never missed a meeting of the I & I | 4 | | Club; he was a Paul Harris Fellow and longtime member of the | 5 | | Tuscola Rotary Club; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Jack Allen rarely missed a weekday morning at | 7 | | Flesor's Candy Kitchen for breakfast with Don, Red, Jim, Dale, | 8 | | and others and came prepared with a very heavy bottle of | 9 | | quarters for the 9 o'clock game of the Sons of Retirement at | 10 | | the back table; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Jack Allen was preceded in death by his daughter, | 12 | | Ginger; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Jack Allen is survived by his wife, Wilma; his | 14 | | daughter, Debra; his grandsons, Spencer A. Smith and Jack J. | 15 | | Heretik; his sister, Martha Crane; his nieces, Connie, Doris, | 16 | | Becky, Linda, Rita, and Marsha; and his nephews Ken, Steve, | 17 | | Jim, Mike, Jerry, Harry, and Richard (Sexton); therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Jack Albin Allen and extend our sincere condolences to his | 21 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Jack Allen as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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