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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to send
3 their condolences to the family of Donald Thorsen, who passed
4 away on September 9, 1997; and
5 WHEREAS, Donald Thorsen was born in Sandwich, Illinois on
6 February 23, 1923, the son of Thor and Hilda Halversen
7 Thorsen; on August 23, 1942, in Kahoka, Missouri, Donald
8 Thorsen took Harriet Cameron to be his bride; and
9 WHEREAS, Donald Thorsen was a graduate of Galesburg High
10 School; while living in Galesburg he worked as an engineer
11 for Galesburg State Hospital; after moving to Jacksonville in
12 1963, Mr. Thorsen took a position as assistant chief engineer
13 at Jacksonville State Hospital; Mr. Thorsen went on to become
14 chief engineer at the Illinois School for the Visually
15 Impaired, where he retired in 1984; and
16 WHEREAS, Donald Thorsen served in the United States Navy
17 during World War II, in the South Pacific aboard the U.S.S.
18 Sagittarius; from 1987 to 1992 he was elected Morgan County
19 Democratic Chairman; he served as the first president of the
20 Jacksonville State Employee Credit Union, and later served on
21 the board; and
22 WHEREAS, Donald Thorsen is survived by his loving wife
23 Harriet; his two sons and daughters-in-law, Thor and his wife
24 Marilyn, and Todd and his wife Nancy; his three daughters,
25 Kay Hillman, Mrs. Tom (Carol) Davis, and Mrs. Tom (Jane)
26 Breen; and his twelve grandchildren and two
27 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
29 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his loved
30 ones, the death of Donald Thorsen of Jacksonville, Illinois;
31 and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of Donald Thorsen.