Full Text of SR2208 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Lester Allen Klope of Alton, who passed | 4 | | away on November 23, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lester Klope was born in Alton to Lester and Cora | 6 | | Alice (Borum) Klope on October 27, 1939; he married Linda | 7 | | Wetzel at the Evangelical Reformed Church in Alton on April 22, | 8 | | 1962; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Lester Klope was previously employed as bureau | 10 | | chief by the Alton Telegraph and by Today's AdVantage | 11 | | (AdVantage News); he was owner of L. Allen Klope Photography; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Lester Klope was past president of the Wood River | 14 | | Rotary Club, the Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club, and the Piasa Bird | 15 | | Council; he was a member of the Alton Golf Hall of Fame and was | 16 | | named as the Alton Jaycees Outstanding Young Man of the Year; | 17 | | he received the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of | 18 | | America, where he was a Wood Badge Instructor; he was president | 19 | | of the Evangelical United Church of Christ Consistory, the Rock | 20 | | Gate Homeowners Association, and Atwood & Associates; he was a | 21 | | volunteer for Meals on Wheels; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Lester Klope was preceded in death by his | 2 | | grandson, Jordan Klope; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Lester Klope is survived by his wife, Linda; his | 4 | | children, Christopher Allen Klope (Sonja) and Kathryn | 5 | | Vantonder (Quinton); and his grandchildren, Madison Klope and | 6 | | Conner Warren; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Lester Allen Klope and extend our sincere condolences to his | 10 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 11 | | further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Lester Klope as an expression of our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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