Full Text of HR1147 96th General Assembly
HR1147 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Ronald | 4 |
| "R.J." Jackson of Beach Park, formerly of Zion, who passed away | 5 |
| on April 11, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born October 5, 1935, in Waukegan and was a | 7 |
| 1953 graduate of Zion-Benton Township High School; he married | 8 |
| his late wife, Elsie Paulson, on July 1, 1956, in Mississippi; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, His career was primarily in real estate for CBS | 11 |
| Realtors in Waukegan, although he was also retired from Johnson | 12 |
| Motors in Waukegan; he was a member of the Loyal Order of the | 13 |
| Moose Zion #667; and
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| WHEREAS, He enjoyed the game of golf and shared his love of | 15 |
| the game as a golf smith; his many friends golf with clubs that | 16 |
| he personally constructed and fitted for them; he spent many | 17 |
| summers enjoying nature and the outdoors with his family at | 18 |
| "RJ's Place" in the Oaks of Montello, Wisconsin; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Elsie; his | 20 |
| father and mother, Alex and Helen (Hensley) Jackson; his | 21 |
| grandson, Jake Degler; and his brother, Alex E. Jackson; and
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| WHEREAS, Ronald "R.J." Jackson is survived by his six | 2 |
| children, Luann (Kevin) Jordan, Cheryl (Dick) Degler, Ronda | 3 |
| (John) Anderson, Barbara (Roger Hacke) Laitinen, Sandra (Mike) | 4 |
| Rowland, and Ron (Sheryl) Jackson II; his grandchildren, Liz, | 5 |
| Kevin II, and Jackie Jordan, Drew, Christy, and Brett Degler, | 6 |
| Ian, Jodi, and Luke Anderson, Lana (David) Oliver, Ally | 7 |
| Laitinen, Trevor and Trisha Rowland, and Molly and Connor | 8 |
| Jackson; his great-granddaughter, Faith Jordan; his uncle, | 9 |
| Bill Jackson (who was like a father to him); his many cousins, | 10 |
| nieces, and nephews and many other family members and life-long | 11 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Ronald | 15 |
| "R.J." Jackson; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Ronald "R.J." Jackson as a symbol of | 18 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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