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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Thomas C. Jun Jr., of Alton, who passed 
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away on October 20, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Thomas C. Jun Jr. was born March 9, 1936, in 
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Alton, the son of Thomas C. and Celesta (Karns) Jun Sr; he 
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married Valerie Louise Dennis at Saint Mary's Catholic Church 
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in Alton on April 29, 1961; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He worked with his father, Thomas C. Jun Sr., who 
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founded Jun Construction in 1946; in the early 60's he started 
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Frontier Construction and helped develop Villa Marie 
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Subdivision; upon his fathers retirement, he assumed control of 
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Jun Construction, which still thrives today as a 
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third-generation general contracting firm; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a member of Local 377 union carpenter's 
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hall, Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Alton, a board member of 
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ARC, the Catholic Children's Home in Alton, the National 
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Association of Home Builders, the Beverly Farm Foundation, and 
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a former president of the Marquette Booster Club; he was a 
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member of Knights of Columbus in Alton and the Alton-Wood River 
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Sportsman's Club; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Valerie; and 
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his father, Thomas C. Jun Sr.; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Thomas Jun Jr. is survived by his mother, Celesta 
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Jun; his  two daughters and a son-in-law, and one son and 
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daughter-in-law; Denise Jun, Bradley and Kirsten Jun, and Karen 
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and Don Lindsay; his six grandchildren, Elizabeth and Ellen 
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Lindsay, Thomas, Alexandria, Luke, and Daniel Jun; his sisters 
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and a brother-in-law, Mary Keshner-Seibert and Edward "Peck" 
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Seibert and Minerva Stalker; and his brothers and a 
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sister-in-law, J. Raymond Jun, and P.J. and Jayne Jun; and his 
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nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Thomas Jun Jr.; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Thomas Jun Jr. as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.