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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Alfred P. Pedersen of Antioch, who passed
4 away on May 14, 2010; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen was a lifelong resident of
6 Antioch; he was the son of the late Alfred J. and Mary Griffin
7 Pedersen; he married Florence Prince on June 3, 1944, at St.
8 Peter Church in Antioch; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen started in the farm machinery
10 business with his father in 1936; in 1946, he was joined by his
11 brother, Bob; in 1949, they added a GMC Truck Dealership; he
12 also purchased and sold several farms in his area for many
13 years; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen was an active member of several
15 organizations, including the Antioch Lions Club, the Antioch
16 Rotary Club, the Lake County Farm Bureau, the Lake County
17 Republican Club, and the Ivanhoe Country Club; he was also a
18 former member of the board of directors of the First National
19 Bank in Antioch; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen was preceded in death by his
21 parents; his brother, Robert; and his sisters, Helen Nelson,

 

 

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1 Rose McCord, and Grace Johnson; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen is survived by his wife of nearly
3 66 years, Florence; his sons, Alfred P. (Judy) Pedersen Jr.,
4 Lloyd Pedersen, Dean (Linda) Pedersen, Dale (Dawn) Pedersen,
5 and Brian (Mary) Pedersen; his sisters, Alice Dunkin, Edna
6 (William) Barr, and Lena Dalgaard; his grandchildren, Tammi
7 (Mark) Lyles, Dean A. (Michelle) Pedersen Jr., Carol (Dan)
8 Murin, Jeannine Pedersen, Donald Pedersen, Breanna Pedersen,
9 Connie Smith, Shannon Pedersen, and Christina Pedersen; and his
10 great-grandchildren, Austin and Daylon Lyles, Abigail and
11 Benjamin Pedersen, Damian and Peyton Pedersen, Dane, Isabella,
12 and Marcus Murin, and Ava Guzman; therefore, be it
 
13     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
14 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
15 his family and friends, the passing of Alfred P. Pedersen; and
16 be it further
 
17     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to the family of Alfred Pedersen as an expression of
19 our sympathy.