Full Text of SR0122 96th General Assembly
SR0122 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Jack Thomas Skinner of Danville, who | 4 |
| passed away on February 12, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born April 5, 1923 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma to | 6 |
| Harry C. and Bessie McCallister Skinner; he married Irene | 7 |
| Middlemas on June 7, 1947 in Covington, Indiana; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended Danville High School and served in the | 9 |
| United States Army during World War II; he worked for Illinois | 10 |
| Power for 38 years as a forestry man; and he belonged to the | 11 |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; and
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| WHEREAS, He was proud of being a life-long Democrat, a | 13 |
| Precinct Committeeman, and serving on the Vermilion County | 14 |
| Board from 1988-1994; he enjoyed time spent fishing at his | 15 |
| cabin on the Wabash, gardening, mushroom hunting, being an avid | 16 |
| St. Louis Cardinals fan, and playing softball and coaching his | 17 |
| children in baseball during his early life; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his loving wife; his | 19 |
| brothers, Louis Skinner and Harry Skinner; and his sisters, | 20 |
| Emma Sexton and Mildred Bridges; and
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| WHEREAS, Jack Thomas Skinner is survived by his three sons, | 2 |
| Gordon (Mary) Skinner, James (Julie) Skinner, and Kenneth | 3 |
| (Mimi) Skinner; his sister Viola Kacmar; his grandchildren, | 4 |
| Jack Skinner, Sarah Stahl, Kellie Kolb, Kristen Skinner, Parker | 5 |
| Sands, and Preston Skinner; his great-grandchildren, | 6 |
| Sebastian, Lorenzo, and Olivia; and several nieces and nephews; | 7 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Jack Thomas Skinner; and | 11 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Jack Thomas Skinner as a symbol of | 14 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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