Bill Text: IL SR1021 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Lindsey Everett Allen Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-02-20 - Resolution Adopted [SR1021 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1021-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Senate is saddened to learn of the | ||||||
| 3 | passing of Lindsey Everett Allen Jr. of Carterville, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on January 15, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Everett Allen was born to Lindsey Everett and | ||||||
| 6 | LaVeta Lilian (Bowman) Allen in Beardstown on October 8, 1935; | ||||||
| 7 | he married Cathy Dianne Larsen in Las Vegas on July 12, 1993; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, In his earlier years, Everett Allen was a talented | ||||||
| 10 | sportsman; he won a track meet "by a nose", played a six-man | ||||||
| 11 | game of football and scored seven touchdowns, and scored 12 | ||||||
| 12 | points at a 1953 Harlem Globetrotter basketball game; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Everett Allen began working at the Carbondale | ||||||
| 14 | "Fina" Gas Station in 1962; later, he took a job in Mason | ||||||
| 15 | County, working for the government clearing forests; he also | ||||||
| 16 | worked as a barge hand on the "Harriet Ann", a tow boat, up | ||||||
| 17 | until his time in the service; after honorably serving our | ||||||
| 18 | country in the United States Army, Everett purchased a dump | ||||||
| 19 | truck and began a trash route in Carterville; the business | ||||||
| 20 | eventually grew, thriving in southern Illinois, Missouri, and | ||||||
| 21 | Kentucky and employing over 90 workers.; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Everett Allen was fondly referred to as " Papa Ice | ||||||
| 2 | Cream Man" by many families and kids during summers spent pool | ||||||
| 3 | side; he liked to help local kids by purchasing their class | ||||||
| 4 | rings and letter jackets and was also an avid NASCAR fan who | ||||||
| 5 | followed the circuit for many years; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Everett Allen was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 7 | parents, Lindsey Everett and LaVeta Lilian (Bowman) Allen; his | ||||||
| 8 | daughter, Cynthia (Ronnie) Weihl; and his brother, Carl Allen; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Everett Allen is survived by his loving wife of 27 | ||||||
| 11 | years, Cathy Allen; his daughters, Debbie Allen Murphy and | ||||||
| 12 | Bertie Moore; his son, Jeff (Jacinta) Alstat; his | ||||||
| 13 | grandchildren, Ryan (Beth) Brooks, John (Erin) Patterson, Kody | ||||||
| 14 | Boyd, Josh (Emily) Alstat, Andrew Alstat, Brooke Schimdgall, | ||||||
| 15 | Bridget Buffington, Daltun Hasty, Lyndsay Timmons, Allie | ||||||
| 16 | (Jimmy) Hartwick-Pearsley, and Delaynie Dearmond; his 15 | ||||||
| 17 | great-grandchildren; his brothers, Bob (Linda) Allen and Roger | ||||||
| 18 | Allen; his sister, Maxine (Walt) Ball; his nephew, Brad | ||||||
| 19 | (Jeanie) Allen; his nieces, Becki Allen, Rachel Allen, Michelle | ||||||
| 20 | Garvey, and Ashley (Nick) Bigler; and his many dear friends, | ||||||
| 21 | including Steve Hess, George (Connie) Calhoun, Keith (Barbara) | ||||||
| 22 | Boze, Bill Hasty, and Frank (Donna) Gunderson; therefore, be it
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| 23 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
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| 1 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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| 2 | Lindsey Everett Allen Jr. and extend our sincere
condolences to | ||||||
| 3 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | ||||||
| 4 | further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 6 | presented to the family of Everett Allen as an expression of
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| 7 | our deepest sympathy.
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