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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 to learn of the death of John H. "Jack" Long of Springfield, |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 who passed away on March 9, 2025; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, Jack Long was born in Jacksonville to Walter |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 Myron and Kathleen Vortman Long on September 29, 1939; he |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 served in the U.S. Army; he married Rosemarie Feleccia on |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 August 10, 1963; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 WHEREAS, Jack Long was a bricklayer and worked for |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 Pillsbury; he retired from the State of Illinois as a |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 stationary engineer; he also served as the assessor for |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 Springfield Township from 1993 to 2009; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 WHEREAS, Jack Long's passion was spending time playing |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 golf with his friends and family; he was also an avid sports |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 fan, and his favorite teams were the St. Louis Cardinals and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 the St. Louis Rams; he was also a University of Illinois fan |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 and enjoyed watching games with his family and friends; he was |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 a coach for the Dale Teubner Memorial Little League and 5th and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 6th grade basketball at St. Cabrini; he also was a major |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 supporter of Williamsville girls softball and loved watching |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 his two youngest granddaughters pitch; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 WHEREAS, Jack Long was preceded in death by his wife, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 Rosemarie; his parents; and his sister, Connie Esslinger; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 WHEREAS, Jack Long is survived by his sons, Brad (Laura) |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 and Brian (Lori) Long; his grandchildren, Valerie Scheina, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 Anthony Long, Feleshia (Cole) Childress, Hayley Long (Jesse De |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 Castro), and Payton Long; his great-grandchildren, Cassidy |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 Scheina, Bella Scheina, Bryleigh Rose Scheina, Walter |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 Childress, and an additional great-grandchild due in June; his |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9 brother, Larry Long; his sisters-in-law, Mary Choate and Betty |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 (Thomas) Blasko; his brother-in-law, Thomas (Toni) Feleccia; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 and several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14 John H. "Jack" Long and extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15 family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 further |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18 presented to the family of Jack Long as an expression of our |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19 deepest sympathy. |
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