Bill Text: IL HR0195 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Paul James Beaver Jr. of Lincoln.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0195 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0195-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Paul | ||||||
| 4 | James Beaver Jr. of Lincoln, who passed away on February 26, | ||||||
| 5 | 2019; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. was born in Lincoln to Paul James | ||||||
| 7 | and Mildred (Blaum) Beaver Sr. on March 19, 1936; he married | ||||||
| 8 | Sue Moore in Mt. Pulaski on November 24, 1960; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. was a Professor of History at | ||||||
| 10 | Lincoln College, as well as a self-employed real estate | ||||||
| 11 | appraiser; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. served as Curator of the Lincoln | ||||||
| 13 | College Museum at Lincoln College; he served on the Logan | ||||||
| 14 | County Board, the Logan County Paramedics Association Board, | ||||||
| 15 | and as President of the Illinois Chester White Association; | ||||||
| 16 | along with Paul Beaver and Sons and Families, he produced many | ||||||
| 17 | award-winning Chester White Swine; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. worked with the tourism board on | ||||||
| 19 | the Looking for Lincoln project; he co-wrote the book Logan | ||||||
| 20 | County Pictorial History with Paul E. Gleason and also wrote | ||||||
| 21 | the books Abraham Lincoln in Logan County, Illinois 1834-1860, | ||||||
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| 1 | and The Last Farm Boy; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. was a member of the First | ||||||
| 3 | Presbyterian Church and the Lincoln Elks Club; he was an | ||||||
| 4 | athlete who played on the 1969 State Champion Road Runner | ||||||
| 5 | Softball team and the Road Runner Basketball team and also a | ||||||
| 6 | coach at Elkhart Grade School; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. was named Professor Emeritus at | ||||||
| 8 | Lincoln College, Grand Marshall of the 2008 Lincoln Community | ||||||
| 9 | High School Homecoming, and Courier Citizen of the Year in | ||||||
| 10 | 2008; he was a lifelong Cubs fan who lived long enough to | ||||||
| 11 | finally see a World Series win; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Paul Beaver Jr. is survived by his wife, Sue; his | ||||||
| 13 | daughters, Ann Lorraine (Ronald) Wolpert and Amy Jo (John) | ||||||
| 14 | O'Donnell; his grandchildren, Ethan Paul Witting, Hannah | ||||||
| 15 | Michel Witting, Lauren Ashley O'Donnell, and Kevin Patrick | ||||||
| 16 | O'Donnell; his brother, John (Kathy) Beaver; and his | ||||||
| 17 | brother-in-law, David Coogan; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 19 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 20 | we mourn the passing of Paul James Beaver Jr. and extend our | ||||||
| 21 | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
| 22 | and loved him; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Paul Beaver Jr. as an expression of | ||||||
| 3 | our deepest sympathy.
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