Bill Text: IL SR1961 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Albert J. Tieken of Dixon.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR1961 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1961-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Illinois State Senator Tim Bivins and the members | ||||||
| 3 | of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of | ||||||
| 4 | Albert J. Tieken of Dixon, who passed away on June 1, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken was born on April 21, 1929 in Oak | ||||||
| 6 | Park; his parents were John and Wilhelmina Tieken; he married | ||||||
| 7 | Nellie Clausen on September 6, 1953 in Sycamore; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken was a veteran of the United States | ||||||
| 9 | Army; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken taught agriculture at Lee Center, | ||||||
| 11 | Amboy, and Dixon High Schools for many years prior to his | ||||||
| 12 | retirement in 1986; after his retirement, he taught | ||||||
| 13 | horticulture and landscaping at Sauk Valley Community College; | ||||||
| 14 | he also started the first recycling program in Dixon; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken was a member of St. Anne Catholic | ||||||
| 16 | Church in Dixon and American Legion Post 12; he was also active | ||||||
| 17 | in the Dixon Combined Veterans Group and was a member of the | ||||||
| 18 | original Sugar Grove Church Restoration Committee; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken enjoyed joking and spending time | ||||||
| 20 | with his grandchildren, teaching music and playing the piano, | ||||||
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| 1 | beekeeping, wine and beer making, reading, traveling, hunting, | ||||||
| 2 | the outdoors, and trying new foods; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
| 4 | and his sister, Elaine Dufault; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken is survived by his loving wife of 62 | ||||||
| 6 | years, Nellie; his children, Terri (Illinois State Senator Tim) | ||||||
| 7 | Bivins, Deb (Jim Nagy) Tieken Catalina, and Bob (Barb) Tieken; | ||||||
| 8 | his grandchildren, Lindsey (Billy) Johnson, Ryan (Jordan) | ||||||
| 9 | Bivins, Chris (Letha) Catalina, Brian (Tina) Catalina, Gabriel | ||||||
| 10 | Tieken, Sarah (Greg) Myers, and Caleb Tieken; his | ||||||
| 11 | step-grandchildren, Stephanie (Dave) Hanrahan and Jake (Rose) | ||||||
| 12 | Angleton; and 23 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
| 15 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Albert J. Tieken; and | ||||||
| 16 | be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Albert Tieken as an expression of | ||||||
| 19 | our sympathy.
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