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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Alfred P. |
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| Pedersen of Antioch, who passed away on May 14, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen was a lifelong resident of |
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| Antioch; he was the son of the late Alfred J. and Mary Griffin |
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| Pedersen; he married Florence Prince on June 3, 1944, at St. |
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| Peter Church in Antioch; and
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| WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen started in the farm machinery |
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| business with his father in 1936; in 1946, he was joined by his |
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| brother, Bob; in 1949, they added a GMC Truck Dealership; he |
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| also purchased and sold several farms in his area for many |
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| years; and
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| WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen was an active member of several |
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| organizations, including the Antioch Lions Club, the Antioch |
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| Rotary Club, the Lake County Farm Bureau, the Lake County |
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| Republican Club, and the Ivanhoe Country Club; he was also a |
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| former member of the board of directors of the First National |
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| Bank in Antioch; and
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| WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen was preceded in death by his |
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| parents; his brother, Robert; and his sisters, Helen Nelson, |
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| Rose McCord, and Grace Johnson; and
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| WHEREAS, Alfred Pedersen is survived by his wife of nearly |
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| 66 years, Florence; his sons, Alfred P. (Judy) Pedersen Jr., |
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| Lloyd Pedersen, Dean (Linda) Pedersen, Dale (Dawn) Pedersen, |
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| and Brian (Mary) Pedersen; his sisters, Alice Dunkin, Edna |
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| (William) Barr, and Lena Dalgaard; his grandchildren, Tammi |
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| (Mark) Lyles, Dean A. (Michelle) Pedersen Jr., Carol (Dan) |
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| Murin, Jeannine Pedersen, Donald Pedersen, Breanna Pedersen, |
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| Connie Smith, Shannon Pedersen, and Christina Pedersen; and his |
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| great-grandchildren, Austin and Daylon Lyles, Abigail and |
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| Benjamin Pedersen, Damian and Peyton Pedersen, Dane, Isabella, |
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| and Marcus Murin, and Ava Guzman; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Alfred |
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| P. Pedersen; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Alfred Pedersen as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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