Full Text of SR0845 96th General Assembly
SR0845 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Alfred P. Pedersen of Antioch, who passed | 4 |
| away on May 14, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen was a lifelong resident of | 6 |
| Antioch; he was the son of the late Alfred J. and Mary Griffin | 7 |
| Pedersen; he married Florence Prince on June 3, 1944, at St. | 8 |
| Peter Church in Antioch; and
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| WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen started in the farm machinery | 10 |
| business with his father in 1936; in 1946, he was joined by his | 11 |
| brother, Bob; in 1949, they added a GMC Truck Dealership; he | 12 |
| also purchased and sold several farms in his area for many | 13 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen was an active member of several | 15 |
| organizations, including the Antioch Lions Club, the Antioch | 16 |
| Rotary Club, the Lake County Farm Bureau, the Lake County | 17 |
| Republican Club, and the Ivanhoe Country Club; he was also a | 18 |
| former member of the board of directors of the First National | 19 |
| Bank in Antioch; and
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| WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen was preceded in death by his | 21 |
| parents; his brother, Robert; and his sisters, Helen Nelson, |
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| Rose McCord, and Grace Johnson; and
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| WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen is survived by his wife of nearly | 3 |
| 66 years, Florence; his sons, Alfred P. (Judy) Pedersen Jr., | 4 |
| Lloyd Pedersen, Dean (Linda) Pedersen, Dale (Dawn) Pedersen, | 5 |
| and Brian (Mary) Pedersen; his sisters, Alice Dunkin, Edna | 6 |
| (William) Barr, and Lena Dalgaard; his grandchildren, Tammi | 7 |
| (Mark) Lyles, Dean A. (Michelle) Pedersen Jr., Carol (Dan) | 8 |
| Murin, Jeannine Pedersen, Donald Pedersen, Breanna Pedersen, | 9 |
| Connie Smith, Shannon Pedersen, and Christina Pedersen; and his | 10 |
| great-grandchildren, Austin and Daylon Lyles, Abigail and | 11 |
| Benjamin Pedersen, Damian and Peyton Pedersen, Dane, Isabella, | 12 |
| and Marcus Murin, and Ava Guzman; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Alfred P. Pedersen; and | 16 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Alfred Pedersen as an expression of | 19 |
| our sympathy.
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