Bill Text: IL SR0256 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Les Peterson of Palos Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-05 - Resolution Adopted [SR0256 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0256-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Les Peterson of Palos Park, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on January 6, 2023; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Les Peterson was born in Chicago on March 5, | ||||||
| 6 | 1954; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Les Peterson worked in law enforcement for 50 | ||||||
| 8 | years; in addition to his work as a public servant, he spent 25 | ||||||
| 9 | years as an educator, teaching law enforcement to local | ||||||
| 10 | college students; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Les Peterson had an amazing sense of humor with | ||||||
| 12 | an infectious laugh and a smile that would light up even the | ||||||
| 13 | biggest of rooms; when he was not building something, fixing | ||||||
| 14 | something, or taking part in one of his many interesting | ||||||
| 15 | hobbies such as beekeeping, he could usually be found towing | ||||||
| 16 | his kids around the lake on inner tubes or driving his beloved | ||||||
| 17 | granddaughter, "Baby Reesie", around the yard on the golf | ||||||
| 18 | cart; he was an avid fan of Bruce Springsteen; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Les Peterson was a "best friend" and "brother" to | ||||||
| 20 | many and lived his life with a servant's heart, always ready to | ||||||
| 21 | help someone when they needed something; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Les Peterson was preceded in death by his father, | ||||||
| 2 | Ben B. Peterson, and his siblings, Phyllis (James) Benbow and | ||||||
| 3 | Ernie Peterson; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Les Peterson is survived by his wife of 34 years, | ||||||
| 5 | Kate (Murphy); his children, Shane (Hannah Gilbert), Kelly | ||||||
| 6 | (Kevin) Pendl, and Megan (Jimmy Wrobel); his granddaughter, | ||||||
| 7 | Reese Kathleen Pendl; his mother, Francis (White) Peterson; | ||||||
| 8 | and his siblings, Linda Heer, Ben B. Peterson II, Shari | ||||||
| 9 | (Harley) Chapin, Eric Peterson, Glenn (Kim) Peterson, Kristina | ||||||
| 10 | (Michael) Mondragon, and Martha (Jack) Nagle; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | Les Peterson and 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 Les Peterson as an expression of our | ||||||
| 17 | deepest sympathy.
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