Full Text of SR1787 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Charlie Allen of Lacon, who passed away | 4 | | on May 20, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Charlie Allen served in the U.S. Air Force; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Charlie Allen was a prominent local businessman | 7 | | and anonymous philanthropist; he was the longtime president of | 8 | | the board that governs the Marshall County Airport just east of | 9 | | Lacon; for many years, he ran the family-owned lumberyards in | 10 | | Lacon, Princeton, and Toluca with his brother, Joe Allen Jr.; | 11 | | the business was sold in 2005 to the R.P. Lumber Co., but he | 12 | | maintained an office in Lacon for the Allen Family Limited | 13 | | Partnership, managing farmland and family business interests; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, 51 years ago, Charlie Allen founded the Father's | 16 | | Day Fly-in/Drive-in Breakfast at the Marshall County Airport; | 17 | | his memory will be honored in a new scholarship that will offer | 18 | | free beginner flying lessons to Marshall County students; he | 19 | | was known as an absolute country gentleman who used his | 20 | | business and his free time to make Marshall County a better | 21 | | place; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Charlie Allen made anonymous donations to many | 2 | | charitable organizations, colleges, and funds across the | 3 | | community, State, and nation and never wanted any recognition | 4 | | for it.; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Charlie Allen was preceded in death by his | 6 | | brother, Joe; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Charlie Allen is survived by a niece and nephew | 8 | | and their children; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Charlie Allen, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 12 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Charlie Allen as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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