Full Text of SR1961 99th General Assembly
SR1961 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Illinois State Senator Tim Bivins and the members | 3 | | of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of | 4 | | Albert J. Tieken of Dixon, who passed away on June 1, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken was born on April 21, 1929 in Oak | 6 | | Park; his parents were John and Wilhelmina Tieken; he married | 7 | | Nellie Clausen on September 6, 1953 in Sycamore; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken was a veteran of the United States | 9 | | Army; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken taught agriculture at Lee Center, | 11 | | Amboy, and Dixon High Schools for many years prior to his | 12 | | retirement in 1986; after his retirement, he taught | 13 | | horticulture and landscaping at Sauk Valley Community College; | 14 | | he also started the first recycling program in Dixon; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken was a member of St. Anne Catholic | 16 | | Church in Dixon and American Legion Post 12; he was also active | 17 | | in the Dixon Combined Veterans Group and was a member of the | 18 | | original Sugar Grove Church Restoration Committee; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken enjoyed joking and spending time | 20 | | with his grandchildren, teaching music and playing the piano, |
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| 1 | | beekeeping, wine and beer making, reading, traveling, hunting, | 2 | | the outdoors, and trying new foods; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken was preceded in death by his parents | 4 | | and his sister, Elaine Dufault; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Albert Tieken is survived by his loving wife of 62 | 6 | | years, Nellie; his children, Terri (Illinois State Senator Tim) | 7 | | Bivins, Deb (Jim Nagy) Tieken Catalina, and Bob (Barb) Tieken; | 8 | | his grandchildren, Lindsey (Billy) Johnson, Ryan (Jordan) | 9 | | Bivins, Chris (Letha) Catalina, Brian (Tina) Catalina, Gabriel | 10 | | Tieken, Sarah (Greg) Myers, and Caleb Tieken; his | 11 | | step-grandchildren, Stephanie (Dave) Hanrahan and Jake (Rose) | 12 | | Angleton; and 23 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 15 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Albert J. Tieken; and | 16 | | be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Albert Tieken as an expression of | 19 | | our sympathy.
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