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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 John Joseph Carlson of |
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| Princeton on February 15, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born November 19, 1931 in Manlius to Gus |
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| August and Laura Emma (Hulbert) Carlson; he married Marlene |
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| Roggy on October 3, 1959 in Princeton; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Carlson was raised and educated in Tiskilwa; |
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| he worked for Erickson Greenhouse prior to enlisting in the |
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| United States Army in October 1950; he was stationed at Camp |
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| Cook, California, and was sent overseas to Korea in 1952 to |
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| serve in the Korean Conflict; he was stationed in Korea at the |
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| 38th Parallel where he was wounded and received the Purple |
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| Heart; he returned to Japan until he was sent back to Fort |
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| Louis, Washington, and was discharged in 1953; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked at Champion Pneumatic and Harper-Wyman |
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| for many years; he was a janitor for the Manlius School |
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| District from 1976 to 1992 until he retired and moved back to |
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| Princeton; after his retirement, he worked part-time at Shell |
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| Express Lane; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his |
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| brothers, Donald, David, Eddie, and Cecil Carlson; and his |
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| sisters, Janet Carlson, Jeanet Carlson, and Bertha Carlson |
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| Evelhawk; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of John Joseph Carlson is felt by all |
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| who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Marlene; his son, |
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| Scott Joseph (Tammy) Carlson; his sisters, Betty Carlson, Helen |
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| Carlson, and Gladys Trussler; his grandchildren, Allan, Aaron, |
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| Keegan, and Kaleen; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, |
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| be it
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