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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 John Edward "Flukie" Cowan; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, John Cowan was born to Reverend William and Susie |
| 5 | | Lee (McCall)
Cowan on September 27, 1945 and baptized at Mount |
| 6 | | Zion Missionary Baptist Church; he graduated from Lincoln |
| 7 | | Senior High School in
1963 and earned his bachelors degree in |
| 8 | | economics at Sangamon State University
in Illinois and pursued |
| 9 | | his master's degree; he married Karen Michele Sistrunk on May |
| 10 | | 27, 1987; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Cowan served in the United States Marine |
| 12 | | Corps,
achieving the rank of Lance Corporal; as a result of his |
| 13 | | services during Vietnam, he was awarded the Purple Heart, the |
| 14 | | National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, and
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| 15 | | the Vietnam Campaign Medal; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, John Cowan was employed by McDonnell Douglas
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| 17 | | Corporation and many local proprietorships prior to his 33 |
| 18 | | years of service with the State of
Illinois; before retiring as |
| 19 | | office manager of the East St. Louis and Alton offices of the |
| 20 | | State of Illinois
Department of Rehabilitation, he pursued |
| 21 | | entrepreneurial ventures, including Bio-Behavioral
Medicine, |
| 22 | | Cowan & Cowan Behavioral Health Consulting, and Flukie's Place; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, John Cowan was confirmed at St. Matthew Lutheran |
| 3 | | Church, where he served as the President of the Board of |
| 4 | | Elders; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Cowan was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha |
| 6 | | Fraternity, Inc., where
he held various offices over the years; |
| 7 | | and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Cowan's family was important to him and he |
| 9 | | regularly attended family reunions and supported family |
| 10 | | functions; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Cowan was preceded in death by his parents, |
| 12 | | and his brothers, James "J.W.", Aaron "Townsend", and Otis; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, John Cowan is survived by his wife, Karen, M.D.; |
| 14 | | his children,
Tammy (Forest) Fisher, Paul (Maxine) Lovelace, |
| 15 | | Toijuan (Hilda) Bell, and Tiffany Joy Walehwa; his |
| 16 | | grandchildren, Travia Fisher, DeLawrence Foggy, Sharay Foggy, |
| 17 | | Aryk Bell, Harold Walehwa,
and Lia Bell; his five |
| 18 | | great-grandchildren; his two sisters, Darlean Cowan (Richard) |
| 19 | | King
and Patricia Renee Cowan; his great-niece, Mallori; his |
| 20 | | niece, Gwendolyn Glovers; his great-niece,
Latadzja Ferguson; |
| 21 | | his great-nephew, Jamian Poole; and a host of other relatives |
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| 1 | | and dear friends whom he also
considered his brothers, sisters, |
| 2 | | and children; therefore, be it
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| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 5 | | John Edward "Flukie" Cowan, and extend our sincere condolences |
| 6 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be |
| 7 | | it further
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| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 9 | | presented to the family of John Cowan as an expression of our |
| 10 | | deepest sympathy.
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