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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION |
2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
3 | | to learn of the death of Reverend Jack L. Heino, who passed |
4 | | away on February 12, 2024; and |
5 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Heino attended Concordia Theological |
6 | | Seminary in Springfield; he married Mary Linda, and they moved |
7 | | to Oceanside, California, located just outside of the Marine |
8 | | Corps Base Camp Pendleton; and |
9 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Heino served as a frontline battalion |
10 | | chaplain for the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines of the U.S. Marine |
11 | | Corps in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968, where he was awarded the |
12 | | Bronze Star and the Purple Heart and received the rank of |
13 | | captain; he completed his service as chief of chaplains for |
14 | | all chaplains of the U.S. Armed Forces, based out of |
15 | | Washington, D.C., retiring in 1995; and |
16 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Heino and his wife, Mary, returned to East |
17 | | Moline in 1995; he continued to serve as a chaplain at the Rock |
18 | | Island Arsenal; over the course of his life of service, he |
19 | | served congregations in Farmington, Minnesota, Mellen, |
20 | | Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Webster City, Iowa, Geneseo, |
21 | | Illinois, and East Dundee, Illinois; and |