Bill Text: IL SR1453 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Harry A. Nevlin, Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-11-20 - Resolution Adopted [SR1453 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1453-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 Harry A. Nevlin, Jr., who passed away on | ||||||
4 | August 5, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Harry Nevlin, Jr. was born on June 22, 1919 in | ||||||
6 | Alton; his parents were Harry Nevlin, Sr. and Kathryn (nee | ||||||
7 | Starkey) Nevlin; he married Alice Jane Brown on April 18, 1959; | ||||||
8 | she passed away in 1983; he married Linda K. Heil on January 1, | ||||||
9 | 1993 at 12th Street Presbyterian Church; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Harry Nevlin, Jr. graduated from Alton High School | ||||||
11 | in 1937 and worked with his father in the family business until | ||||||
12 | he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1941; he | ||||||
13 | served for 4 years, attaining the rank of Master Sergeant; and
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14 | WHEREAS, After his military service, Harry Nevlin, Jr. | ||||||
15 | rejoined the family business, H.A. Nevlin Moving and Transfer, | ||||||
16 | which his father had started in 1919; he later became head of | ||||||
17 | the company until he retired and sold the business in 1986; he | ||||||
18 | subsequently worked at various times for Fry-Wagner Industrial | ||||||
19 | Movers and Roberts Motors and was a volunteer driver for Saint | ||||||
20 | Anthony's Health Center; and
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21 | WHEREAS, As a member of the Board of Directors of the Upper |
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1 | Alton Business Association, Harry Nevlin, Jr. was involved with | ||||||
2 | organizing the Alton Memorial Day Parade from 1944 until 1992; | ||||||
3 | as a volunteer, he picked up flowers from florists for the | ||||||
4 | parade every year and was the parade "starter" until 2013; in | ||||||
5 | 2001, he served as the Parade Marshal; he also served on the | ||||||
6 | Boards of Directors for many other organizations, including the | ||||||
7 | Colonial Fife and Drum Corps, the Illinois Mover's Association, | ||||||
8 | Illinois Movers Rates and Tariffs, and the Bank of Alton | ||||||
9 | Building Board, and was a member of Commercial Travelers; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Harry Nevlin, Jr. was a member of the Masonic | ||||||
11 | Orders since 1943; in 2013, he was given special recognition | ||||||
12 | for being a 70-year member of the Masonic Lodge; he joined the | ||||||
13 | Alton-Godfrey Kiwanis Club in 1951 and was a very active member | ||||||
14 | for 63 years; he was also a member of Score, the Alton Little | ||||||
15 | Theater, and the Route 66 Association; he also served as a | ||||||
16 | volunteer at the Christmas Wonderland light display in Rock | ||||||
17 | Spring Park and at First Night River Bend for many years; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Harry Nevlin, Jr. was a long-time member and Elder | ||||||
19 | at 12th Street Presbyterian Church in Alton, serving as Head | ||||||
20 | Usher for many years until the church's closure in 2011, when | ||||||
21 | he joined the Evangelical United Church of Christ in Godfrey; | ||||||
22 | and
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23 | WHEREAS, Harry Nevlin, Jr. is survived by his wife, Linda |
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1 | Nevlin; 4 children and their spouses, Harry Nevlin, III, | ||||||
2 | Kathryn and Dennis Oseland, Susan and Christopher Whitlock, and | ||||||
3 | Julia Nevlin; 2 stepchildren and their spouses, Laura and | ||||||
4 | Patrick Shansey and Jeffrey and Jean Heil; 4 grandchildren and | ||||||
5 | their spouses, Jordan and Melissa Clark, Nicholas Clark, | ||||||
6 | Timothy Nevlin and fiancee Ashley Profer, and Charles and | ||||||
7 | Olivia Whitlock; 5 step-grandchildren, Sydney and Evan Shansey | ||||||
8 | and James, Jayson, and Julia Heil; and 3 great-grandchildren, | ||||||
9 | Dalton and Jack Clark and Chloe Nevlin; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
12 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Harry A. Nevlin, Jr.; | ||||||
13 | and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to the family of Harry Nevlin, Jr. as an expression | ||||||
16 | of our sympathy.
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