Bill Text: IL SR0686 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jack Albin Allen of Tuscola.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR0686 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0686-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 Albin Allen of Tuscola, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on September 4, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jack Allen was born in Newman to Ray and Lela | ||||||
| 6 | Albin Allen on October 27, 1926; he graduated from Newman High | ||||||
| 7 | School, where he played football and the trombone; he married | ||||||
| 8 | Wilma Armstrong in 1949 and served in the U.S. Army; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Jack Allen worked at USI and was a partner in the | ||||||
| 10 | Tuscola John Deere dealership; he later co-founded the | ||||||
| 11 | Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth dealership; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, In 1974, Jack Allen was elected County Clerk for | ||||||
| 13 | Douglas County and served in that position through 1990; prior | ||||||
| 14 | to being County Clerk, he was a county board member and a | ||||||
| 15 | Tuscola City Alderman; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Jack Allen was a 50-year member of Newman Masonic | ||||||
| 17 | Lodge #369, where he served as Worshipful Master; he was a | ||||||
| 18 | 50-year member of Tuscola Chapter #66 Royal Arch Masons, where | ||||||
| 19 | he served as Excellent High Priest; he loved model trains, his | ||||||
| 20 | ukuleles, and playing the piano; he was a trombonist in Gene | ||||||
| 21 | Trimble's orchestra; he also enjoyed finishing antique farm | ||||||
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| 1 | toys, yard work, taking care of his house, playing golf, trips | ||||||
| 2 | to Florida, and visiting family; he was a member of Tuscola | ||||||
| 3 | United Methodist Church and never missed a meeting of the I & I | ||||||
| 4 | Club; he was a Paul Harris Fellow and longtime member of the | ||||||
| 5 | Tuscola Rotary Club; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Jack Allen rarely missed a weekday morning at | ||||||
| 7 | Flesor's Candy Kitchen for breakfast with Don, Red, Jim, Dale, | ||||||
| 8 | and others and came prepared with a very heavy bottle of | ||||||
| 9 | quarters for the 9 o'clock game of the Sons of Retirement at | ||||||
| 10 | the back table; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Jack Allen was preceded in death by his daughter, | ||||||
| 12 | Ginger; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Jack Allen is survived by his wife, Wilma; his | ||||||
| 14 | daughter, Debra; his grandsons, Spencer A. Smith and Jack J. | ||||||
| 15 | Heretik; his sister, Martha Crane; his nieces, Connie, Doris, | ||||||
| 16 | Becky, Linda, Rita, and Marsha; and his nephews Ken, Steve, | ||||||
| 17 | Jim, Mike, Jerry, Harry, and Richard (Sexton); therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 20 | Jack Albin Allen and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 21 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 22 | further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Jack Allen as an expression of our | ||||||
| 3 | deepest sympathy.
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