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| 1 |  | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 |  |     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the  | 
| 3 |  | State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of John B.  | 
| 4 |  | "Jack" Vahlkamp of Breese on Tuesday, February 3, 2004; and
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| 5 |  |     WHEREAS, Mr. Vahlkamp was born on October 25, 1927, in Wade  | 
| 6 |  | Township to John H. and Rose (Wilken) Vahlkamp; he married Jane  | 
| 7 |  | Richter on October 25, 1950, at St. Augustine Church in Breese;  | 
| 8 |  | and
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| 9 |  |     WHEREAS, Mr. Vahlkamp valiantly served his country during  | 
| 10 |  | the Korean War from 1951 to 1953 as a field radio repairman;  | 
| 11 |  | and
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| 12 |  |     WHEREAS, Mr. Vahlkamp was a retired dairy and grain farmer;  | 
| 13 |  | he was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church and Men's  | 
| 14 |  | Sodality in Breese; he was a past 30-year trustee of St. Mary  | 
| 15 |  | Catholic Church in Carlyle, a 50-year member of Carlyle Knights  | 
| 16 |  | of Columbus Council 1382, a 50-year member of Breese American  | 
| 17 |  | Legion Post 252, a member of the Catholic War Veterans, a past  | 
| 18 |  | secretary of the Clinton County Zoning Board, a past vice  | 
| 19 |  | president on the board of the Clinton County Farm Bureau, and a  | 
| 20 |  | past president of the MidAm Milk Producers of 25 years and the  | 
| 21 |  | Holstein Fresian Association; and
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| 22 |  |     WHEREAS, The passing of John B. "Jack" Vahlkamp has been  | 
| 23 |  | deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Jane; his son, Alan  | 
| 24 |  | Vahlkamp and wife Janet; his daughters, Julie Huels and husband  | 
| 25 |  | Joseph, Lisa Tebbe and husband Carl, and Rose Huelskamp and  | 
| 26 |  | husband Gerard; his brothers, Fred Vahlkamp and wife Mary Jo  | 
| 27 |  | and Vernon Vahlkamp and wife Helen; his sisters, Willene  | 
| 28 |  | Fehrmann and husband Paul, Rose Marie Husmann and husband Ray,  | 
| 29 |  | Lillian Fleckenstein and husband Jack, Mary Huwa, and Lee Love  | 
| 30 |  | and husband Dan; and his grandchildren, Leagha, Alie, and Abie  | 
| 31 |  | Vahlkamp, Erika and Erin  Kratzner, Zachary, Cody, Ashley, and  |