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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 regret of the death of Vincent J. Jeep of Waukegan |
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| on Sunday, April 16, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born August 28, 1911, in Malvern, Iowa; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Jeep was active in various labor, civil |
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| rights, and peace organizations; he worked in various |
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| positions, including as a Bell Hop at the Biltmore Hotel in |
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| Kansas City, Missouri, in the 1930s; as a manager at the |
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| Bergoff restaurant in Chicago in the 1940s; as a union |
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| organizer in Chicago for the United Electrical Workers and |
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| Hotel and Restaurant Workers unions in the 1940s; as owner of |
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| various restaurants, including food concession at the "Big |
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| Gurnee" Discount in the 1950s; as a tax collector for the |
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| Illinois Department of Revenue in the 1960s; and as sole |
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| proprietor of "Vincent J. Jeep Bookkeeping Services" in the |
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| 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Vincent J. Jeep has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially his sons, Mark Jeep, his wife Sue, and |
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| children (Katy, Jennifer and Graham); Ken Jeep, his wife |
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| Cecilia, and children (Amy and Adam); and Jeffery, his wife |
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| Elizabeth, and children (Laura and Sarah); therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Vincent J. Jeep, and we extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest |
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| sympathy.
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