Full Text of SR0415 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Thomas Clark "Tom" Jackson Jr. of | 4 | | Peoria, who passed away on June 25, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tom Jackson was born in Bloomington to Thomas C. | 6 | | and Ella M. Jensen Jackson Sr. on August 6, 1940; he graduated | 7 | | from Limestone High School in 1958; he served as a member of | 8 | | the 182nd Tactical Squadron in the Air National Guard from | 9 | | 1963 to 1969; he married Bonnie L. Lowder in Peoria on October | 10 | | 4, 1964; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Tom Jackson was hired by the Peoria Fire | 12 | | Department in 1969, where he retired with the rank of captain | 13 | | in 1997; he served as treasurer for Union Local 50 for 26 years | 14 | | and treasurer of the Illinois Association of Retired | 15 | | Firefighters from 1998 to 2015; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Tom Jackson served on the City of Peoria Fire and | 17 | | Police Commission's hiring committee from 2010 to 2021 and as | 18 | | a member of the Board of Directors and as treasurer for the | 19 | | Peoria City Employees Credit Union from 2004 to 2020; at the | 20 | | time of his death, he had served as an insurance agent for the | 21 | | Police and Fire Insurance Association of Indianapolis, Indiana | 22 | | since 1972, on the Board of Directors since 1998, and as |
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| 1 | | chairman of the Board since 2009; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Tom Jackson enjoyed maintaining his Chevrolet car | 3 | | collection and regularly attending various local and national | 4 | | car club events; his greatest joy was spending time with his | 5 | | children and grandchildren; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Tom Jackson was preceded in death by his parents; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Tom Jackson is survived by his wife of over 56 | 9 | | years; his son, Rodney (Jennifer) Jackson, and their children, | 10 | | Joshua and Gavin Jackson; his daughter, Angie Jackson, and her | 11 | | children, Patrick and Lauren Field; and his sisters, Tamara | 12 | | (Brad) Stiles and Trina (Eldon) Swedberg; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Thomas Clark "Tom" Jackson Jr. and extend our sincere | 16 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 17 | | him; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Tom Jackson as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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