Full Text of SR0803 98th 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 P. Tentes of Waukegan, who passed | 4 | | away on October 2, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Tentes was born on February 5, 1925 in | 6 | | Waukegan; he married Betty (nee Fliftcroft) on March 16, 1946 | 7 | | in Waukegan; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, James Tentes attended Waukegan High School; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, James Tentes served his country as a member of the | 10 | | United States Army; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, James Tentes worked as a union pipefitter and was | 12 | | a member of Local 597; he was also the owner of Tentes Heating | 13 | | Company and Janis Cleanerama; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, James Tentes was a member of Waukegan's St. Mark's | 15 | | Lutheran Church and a founding member of the Waukegan | 16 | | Historical Society; he also sang and toured with the Sibelius | 17 | | Choir of Chicago and many other choirs; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, James Tentes enjoyed being a member of several | 19 | | local bowling leagues; he also enjoyed fishing and hunting at |
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| 1 | | his cabin in Watersmeet, Michigan and traveling around the | 2 | | world with his wife; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, James Tentes was preceded in death by his parents, | 4 | | Peter and Mae (nee Karry) Tentes, and his brother, George; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Tentes is survived by his wife of 67 years, | 6 | | Betty; his brothers, Tony and Charles; his sister, Elaine; his | 7 | | children, Philip (Rosemary), Edward (Judith), and Thomas; his | 8 | | grandchildren, Korey, Ryan, Aimee (Steve), Jacqueline (Tim), | 9 | | Peter, and Patrick; his great-grandchild, Piper Charlotte; and | 10 | | his many nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of James P. Tentes; and | 14 | | be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of James Tentes as an expression of our | 17 | | sympathy.
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