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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives were deeply saddened to learn of the death of |
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| Gerald "Jerry" Sinclair of Salem on January 28, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Sinclair was born September 17, 1932, in |
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| Central City, son of Jesse A. and Thelma (Parmely) Sinclair; he |
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| married Ellen Moore in 1950 in Odin, and she survives in Salem; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He was the former president of Salem National Bank |
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| and was the Marion
County Democratic Chairman; he also was |
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| former Illinois political director of the Paul Simon for |
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| President Campaign and served as an administrative assistant of |
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| Illinois operations to former U S. Senator Paul Simon; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Sinclair was a member of the Illinois Housing |
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| Authority and was on the board of directors of the Southern |
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| Illinois Health Care Foundation; he held memberships in the |
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| Salem Country Club, the Salem Moose Lodge, and the Salem Elks |
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| Club; he was honored as a 50-year member of the Odin Masonic |
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| Lodge, along with having served in many community positions and |
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| activities throughout his professional career; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Mr. Sinclair is survived |
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| by his mother, Thelma Sinclair Deadmond; his son, Richard |
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| Sinclair; his daughters, Tari Henne and husband Steve and Lea |
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| Filson and husband Ronald; his brother, George Sinclair and |
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| wife Alice; his sisters, Shirley McHaney and husband Lon, |
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| Marilyn Sugg and husband Marvin, and Lorna Fisher and husband |
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| Billy Joe; his grandchildren, Beth Grohmann and husband Brad, |
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| Jana Zipfel and husband Zac, Kristin Henne, Andrew Jerald |
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| Sinclair, and Ryan Lee Sinclair; and his great-grandchildren; |
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| he was preceded in death
by his father; and
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