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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the House of  Representatives  of
 3    the  State of Illinois were saddened to learn of the death of
 4    Dan Stover of Centralia on Sunday, January 12, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mr. Stover was  born  on  October  29,  1919  in
 6    Centralia to Hollie and Sadie (Cunningham) Stover; he married
 7    Rosa  Lee  Brennan  on July 5, 1941 in St. Charles, Missouri;
 8    she preceded him in death on September 6, 2001; and

 9        WHEREAS, Mr. Stover was a member of the  First  Christian
10    Church  and  the  Masonic Lodge 201 Ancient Free and Accepted
11    Masons; he  was  a  licensed  professional  engineer,  having
12    served  as  chief engineer from 1980 to 1999 at the Centralia
13    Correctional Center; and

14        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Stover  had  owned  and  operated   Stover
15    Brothers,  Inc.  in  Centralia;  he  was co-founder and board
16    member of the Centralia Teen Town in the 1960s and 1970s;  he
17    served  on  the  Centralia  City Council as street and police
18    commissioner and had served on  the  board  of  directors  at
19    Kaskaskia Workshop for many years; and

20        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Stover valiantly served his country in the
21    U.S. Air Force during World War II; he had attended the Cadet
22    Academy at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale; and

23        WHEREAS, The passing of Dan Stover will be deeply felt by
24    many, especially his sons, David R. Stover  and  wife  Janet,
25    Danny L. Stover and wife Linda, and Donald H. Stover and wife
26    Jan;  his  brother, Harold Stover; his sister, Mary McMillan;
27    his six grandchildren,  Amy  Cheatham  and  husband  Michael,
28    Charlene  Powers,  Brennan  Stover  and  wife Tiffany, Dannon
29    Stover, Zachary Stover,  and  Gabriel  Stover;  and  his  two
30    great-grandchildren,   Desiree   Stover  and  Noah  Cheatham;
31    therefore, be it
 
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 1        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 2    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 3    we mourn the passing of Dan Stover and  offer  our  sincerest
 4    condolences to his family and friends; and be it further

 5        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 6    presented to the  family  of  Dan  Stover  with  our  deepest
 7    sympathy.