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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of Glendle G. Pickering of |
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| Maryville on Friday, January 14, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Pickering was born on June 10, 1933, in |
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| Harrisburg to Alvin and Mary, nee Sullivan, Pickering; he |
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| married Sally Muren on November 28, 1953; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an active member of St. John United Church |
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| of Christ, Collinsville; he was the retired director of the |
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| Collinsville Vocational Center; he was a former football, |
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| baseball, and track coach at Sparta High School and Madison |
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| High School and was a former principal at the Florissant Valley |
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| Tech Center; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Pickering graduated from East St. Louis High |
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| School and earned a bachelor's degree from Truman State |
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| University and a master's from Southern Illinois University at |
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| Edwardsville; he was a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame, the |
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| Illinois Retired Teachers Association, and the National Rifle |
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| Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Pickering was honorably discharged from the |
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| U.S. Marine Corps as a first lieutenant; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Glendle G. Pickering has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Sally; his sons, |
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| Scott (Kathie) Pickering, Joseph (Michelle) Pickering, and |
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| Timothy Pickering; his daughter, Beth Coulter; his sister, Jane |
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| (Dene) Knight; his grandchildren, Justin Pickering, Joe |
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| Davidson, Kelli and Kacie Coulter, and Corrie and Cole |
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| Pickering; and his numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and |
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| friends; he was preceded in death by his parents; therefore, be |
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| it
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