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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of
Jack Thurston Shankland, who passed away |
| 4 | | on July 23, 2011; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jack Shankland was born on March 20, 1921, in |
| 6 | | Quincy; his parents were Clinton and Elizabeth (Weigand) |
| 7 | | Shankland; he married Mary E. Niemann on June 15, 1948, in |
| 8 | | Quincy; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Jack Shankland graduated from Quincy College |
| 10 | | Academy, attended Drake University and St. Ambrose College, and |
| 11 | | received his associate's degree from Joliet Junior College; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jack Shankland served his country with pride and |
| 13 | | distinction in the South Pacific during World War II; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Jack Shankland was employed by the Illinois Bell |
| 15 | | Telephone Company in Rock Island and Joliet for 37 years; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Jack Shankland enjoyed golfing, painting, |
| 17 | | gardening, carpentry, photography, and drumming; he also |
| 18 | | enjoyed spending hours researching in the library and traveling |
| 19 | | the countryside with his wife at his side; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jack Shankland was preceded in death by his |
| 2 | | parents; his mother and father-in-law, Antoinette and Ferd |
| 3 | | Niemann, Sr.; his son, Paul; his grandson, Kyle Flavin; his |
| 4 | | brother, Richard; and his sister-in-law, Mildred; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jack Shankland is survived by his loving wife of |
| 6 | | 63 years, Mary; his children, Mary (David) Lawson, Beth |
| 7 | | (Michael) Hansen, Christine (Rod) Springer, Ann (Robert) |
| 8 | | Hatfield, Susan (Robert) Flavin, John Shankland, Sarah (Frank) |
| 9 | | Turk III, Thomas (Joan) Shankland, William (Tina) Shankland, |
| 10 | | and Joseph (Elaine) Shankland; his grandchildren, Daniel |
| 11 | | Hayes, Kevin, Eric, Andrew, and Mary Catherine Hansen, Nick, |
| 12 | | Lauren, Patrick, Ryan, Taylor, and Nolan Springer, Marc, John, |
| 13 | | and Kathryn (TC Jackson) Hatfield, Kelly, Kathleen, Kristen, |
| 14 | | Kevin, and Kara Flavin, Shea, Megan, Frank, and Jack Turk, |
| 15 | | Christina (Drew Perryman), Melissa, Tom, Chelsea, and Shauna |
| 16 | | Shankland, Zachary and Alexandra Shankland, and Patrick and |
| 17 | | Lindsay Shankland; his step-grandchildren, David and Mike |
| 18 | | Lawson, Mark (Meagan) Springer, and Matt (Jeannette) Springer; |
| 19 | | his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, James and Catherine |
| 20 | | Johnson, Rita (Ferd) Niemann Jr., and Richard and Connie |
| 21 | | Niemann; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
| 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
| 24 | | his family and friends, the passing of Jack Thurston Shankland; |