Bill Text: IL SR0148 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jack Allen Tosh of Elmhurst.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-14 - Resolution Adopted [SR0148 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0148-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Jack Allen Tosh of Elmhurst, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on February 11, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jack Tosh was born in Los Angeles, California; he | ||||||
| 6 | grew up in Decatur and played basketball, football, and | ||||||
| 7 | baseball at Decatur High School; he was courted by the Chicago | ||||||
| 8 | Cubs but decided to attend college; he earned an education | ||||||
| 9 | degree from Northwestern University, where he played | ||||||
| 10 | basketball and was captain of the baseball team; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, After 2 years in the Marines, Jack Tosh began | ||||||
| 12 | teaching at Evanston Township High School and coached several | ||||||
| 13 | sports; he received a master's degree in education | ||||||
| 14 | administration from Northwestern and then joined DeKalb High | ||||||
| 15 | School in 1968; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Jack Tosh coached high school boys basketball in | ||||||
| 17 | DeKalb and as head coach took the team to a 4th-place finish in | ||||||
| 18 | the State tournament; he was athletic director for many years | ||||||
| 19 | at York High School in Elmhurst, beginning in the mid-1970s; | ||||||
| 20 | after his retirement from York H.S. in 1990, the school named | ||||||
| 21 | its holiday basketball tournament in his honor; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, In 1989, Jack Tosh was inducted into the Illinois | ||||||
| 2 | Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame and in 2001, the Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | Basketball Coaches Association, which was co-founded by him, | ||||||
| 4 | awarded him the Tom "Buzzy" O'Connor award; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jack Tosh is survived by his wife of 59 years, | ||||||
| 6 | Benette "Bee"; his children, Stephen (Diane) Tosh, Lisa (Clay) | ||||||
| 7 | Parcells, and Linda Tosh; his grandchildren, Brett (Diana), | ||||||
| 8 | Lauren (Jason), Courtney, Sarah, Nicholas, Logan, and Katrina; | ||||||
| 9 | his brother, David (Dina) Tosh; and his pets, Seven and Addy; | ||||||
| 10 | therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | Jack Tosh, and we extend our sincere condolences to his family, | ||||||
| 14 | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Jack Tosh as an expression of our | ||||||
| 17 | deepest sympathy.
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