Bill Text: IL SR0803 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of James P. Tentes of Waukegan.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-01-29 - Resolution Adopted [SR0803 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0803-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 James P. Tentes of Waukegan, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on October 2, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, James Tentes was born on February 5, 1925 in | ||||||
| 6 | Waukegan; he married Betty (nee Fliftcroft) on March 16, 1946 | ||||||
| 7 | in Waukegan; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, James Tentes attended Waukegan High School; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, James Tentes served his country as a member of the | ||||||
| 10 | United States Army; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, James Tentes worked as a union pipefitter and was | ||||||
| 12 | a member of Local 597; he was also the owner of Tentes Heating | ||||||
| 13 | Company and Janis Cleanerama; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, James Tentes was a member of Waukegan's St. Mark's | ||||||
| 15 | Lutheran Church and a founding member of the Waukegan | ||||||
| 16 | Historical Society; he also sang and toured with the Sibelius | ||||||
| 17 | Choir of Chicago and many other choirs; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, James Tentes enjoyed being a member of several | ||||||
| 19 | local bowling leagues; he also enjoyed fishing and hunting at | ||||||
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| 1 | his cabin in Watersmeet, Michigan and traveling around the | ||||||
| 2 | world with his wife; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, James Tentes was preceded in death by his parents, | ||||||
| 4 | Peter and Mae (nee Karry) Tentes, and his brother, George; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, James Tentes is survived by his wife of 67 years, | ||||||
| 6 | Betty; his brothers, Tony and Charles; his sister, Elaine; his | ||||||
| 7 | children, Philip (Rosemary), Edward (Judith), and Thomas; his | ||||||
| 8 | grandchildren, Korey, Ryan, Aimee (Steve), Jacqueline (Tim), | ||||||
| 9 | Peter, and Patrick; his great-grandchild, Piper Charlotte; and | ||||||
| 10 | his many nieces, nephews, and cousins; 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, along with his | ||||||
| 13 | family and friends, mourn the passing of James P. Tentes; and | ||||||
| 14 | be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of James Tentes as an expression of our | ||||||
| 17 | sympathy.
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