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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Lester Allen Klope of Alton, who passed |
4 | | away on November 23, 2018; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Lester Klope was born in Alton to Lester and Cora |
6 | | Alice (Borum) Klope on October 27, 1939; he married Linda |
7 | | Wetzel at the Evangelical Reformed Church in Alton on April 22, |
8 | | 1962; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Lester Klope was previously employed as bureau |
10 | | chief by the Alton Telegraph and by Today's AdVantage |
11 | | (AdVantage News); he was owner of L. Allen Klope Photography; |
12 | | and
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13 | | WHEREAS, Lester Klope was past president of the Wood River |
14 | | Rotary Club, the Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club, and the Piasa Bird |
15 | | Council; he was a member of the Alton Golf Hall of Fame and was |
16 | | named as the Alton Jaycees Outstanding Young Man of the Year; |
17 | | he received the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of |
18 | | America, where he was a Wood Badge Instructor; he was president |
19 | | of the Evangelical United Church of Christ Consistory, the Rock |
20 | | Gate Homeowners Association, and Atwood & Associates; he was a |
21 | | volunteer for Meals on Wheels; and
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