Full Text of SR0723 97th 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 Robert L. Jensen, known as the Downers | 4 | | Grove Village Historian Extraordinaire, World Traveler, and | 5 | | Adventurer, who passed away on March 23, 2012; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born in Hinsdale to Albert and Alice | 7 | | (Sanijster) Jensen of Downers Grove; he spent his youth in | 8 | | Downers Grove, graduating from Downers Grove North High School | 9 | | in 1948, at which point he went to work for Illinois Bell | 10 | | Telephone Company as an installer-repairman, retiring after 34 | 11 | | years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, During the Korean War he enlisted in the Air | 13 | | Force, was shipped overseas to Japan, then sent to Korea; | 14 | | following a furlough, he was stationed in Greenville, South | 15 | | Carolina, at Donaldson Air Force Base; upon his discharge in | 16 | | December 1954 he built a home and settled in Downers Grove; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, He enjoyed building many HO gauge model railroads; | 18 | | his latest project included building an amusement park with | 19 | | rides and refreshment stands in the vicinity of the tracks; he | 20 | | also worked tirelessly for the Indian Boundary YMCA, and helped | 21 | | to sell Christmas trees on many sub-zero days over the last 30 | 22 | | years; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, First Presbyterian Church of Downers Grove, his | 2 | | church, and which the Jensen family helped to start, was | 3 | | another area where he was in his own element of building and | 4 | | creating many projects that were needed by the church ministry; | 5 | | he was known to be "on call" and worked very hard for the young | 6 | | people of the YMCA and the First Presbyterian Church; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, After his retirement he had the distinct pleasure | 8 | | to take 3 trips around the world; he was also fortunate enough | 9 | | to have had the opportunity to visit over 140 foreign | 10 | | countries; his main love continued to be talking with others | 11 | | individually or on tours about his home town of Downers Grove | 12 | | and the Sears Homes that he discovered were built in the area; | 13 | | and | 14 | | WHEREAS, He earned the title given to him (unofficially) as | 15 | | Downers Grove's Historian Extraordinaire, as he continually | 16 | | researched information on the town's history; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Robert Jensen is survived by his children, Frances | 18 | | Farmer Luczak (Don); Neal Lenius Jensen (Monica); his | 19 | | grandchildren, Tyler Luczak and Tyler Jensen; his cousins, | 20 | | Carol Ann McHaley (Joe) and Patricia Eisenstraut (Rudy); and | 21 | | numerous other relatives; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 | | his family and friends, the passing of Robert Jensen; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Robert Jensen as a symbol of our | 7 | | sincere sympathy.
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