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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 John Tonin of Waukegan, on |
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| August 31, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on July 9, 1921 in Waukegan; he served |
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| in the United States Army in the Philippines; he retired from |
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| the North Shore Gas Company in 1997 after working there for 57 |
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| years; and
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| WHEREAS, He had a passion for playing 12 inch fast pitch |
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| softball, which began in 1936 as the third baseman for West |
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| School; he won two Tri-State and two Lake County Tournament |
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| Championships with his team; he formed the Waukegan Bombers in |
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| the 1950's, playing and managing the team for 10 years; he hung |
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| up his glove in 1976, and was inducted into the Waukegan Sports |
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| Hall of Fame in 1993; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of John Tonin has been deeply felt by |
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| many, especially his sister, Mary Langford; his two foster |
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| brothers, Chuck and Bobby Alcorn; his son, Thomas (Daniel) |
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| Tonin; his daughter, Barbara (Ken) Albert; his step-daughters, |
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| Doralee (Stu) and Sue Moody; his grandchildren, Joseph and |
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| Susan Tonin; his step-grandchildren, Lori (Scott) Knesley and |
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| Holly (Mark) Speckman, Gary Grogan and Tim Grogan, Tara |
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| Cottrell, Natalie Cottrell, and Vanessa Moody; his |
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| step-great-grandchildren, Melissa, Andrew, Knesley, Katie, and |
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| Kelly Speckman; he was preceded in death by his first wife, |
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| Helen (Bukass) Tonin and his second wife Ann Redmond Yore; |
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| 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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| John Tonin, and we extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |