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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Jack Stried of Beach Park, who passed
4 away on March 20, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, During his younger life, Jack worked for the
6 Department of Natural Resources where he served as a ranger at
7 the Illinois Beach State Park; a few years after marriage to
8 Mae DeVoe in 1949, he worked in research, developing many of
9 today's medical techniques and medicines for Abbott
10 Laboratories; he was awarded for his DNA discoveries and
11 received special honors for his development of drugs used for
12 blood pressure, burn victims, and prostate health; and
 
13     WHEREAS, After 36 years in the lab he retired and became a
14 consultant for research and development techniques used in
15 research laboratories; he was an avid Lake Michigan fisherman
16 on his boat named the Mae Anna; he loved fishing with his many
17 friends and family; he also enjoyed travel, photography,
18 bowling, golf, and baseball; and he was a past member of the
19 big Z riding club with his late brother Clarence Jr. (Punch);
20 and
 
21     WHEREAS, Jack is preceded in death by his wife of 45 years,
22 Mae Anna (DeVoe); his father and mother, Clarence and Beulah

 

 

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1 Stried; his four brothers, Charles, Clarence Jr. (Punch),
2 Howard (Swede), Vernon (Vern), and Roy; and his sister, Beulah
3 Swanson (Clifford); and
 
4     WHEREAS, Jack Stried is survived by his three daughters,
5 Carol Stried (James Cascarano), Sharon Bartmer (Reverend Tom
6 Bartmer), and Brenda Stried (Ron Molczan); his grandchildren,
7 Teresa Gonzales, Angela Reasoner (Alan), Tina Ward, Jacklyn
8 Mullin (Charlie), Tony Gonzales (Rachael), and Jason Gillette
9 (Andrea); his twelve great-grandchildren; his sister, Pearl
10 Miller; and his fiancé, Mildred Swanson; along with several
11 nephews, nieces, and cousins; therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
14 his family and friends, the passing of Jack Stried; and be it
15 further
 
16     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to the family of Jack Stried as a symbol of our
18 sincere sympathy.