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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Leonard H. Thennes of McHenry, who passed 
4away on February 23, 2014; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Leonard Thennes was born in McCullom Lake on 
6February 6, 1919 to Philip M. and Catherine (nee Freund) 
7Thennes; he married Mary Ann Diedrich in 1944 and they settled 
8in McHenry; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Leonard Thennes was a long-time employee for 
10Kleinhans Building Service and a skilled carpenter for S.H. 
11Freund & Sons; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Leonard Thennes was a 70-year member of the 
13Catholic Order of Foresters; he also belonged to the Moose 
14Lodge and helped build baseball diamonds for the McHenry Little 
15League; he was an avid bowler, starting out as a pinsetter at 
16Palace Bowling on Green Street and continuing through the age 
17of 93; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Leonard Thennes was preceded in death by his wife, 
19Mary Ann; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Leonard Thennes is survived by his sons, James 
 
 
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1(Rita) Thennes, Jack (Linnea) Thennes, and Gary (Cathy) 
2Thennes; his grandchildren, Jimmy (Stefanie), Todd (Niki), 
3Scott, David, Christopher, Eric, Brooke, and Marc; his 
4great-grandchildren, Drew, Mia, Zoe, Mandy, and Sean; his 
5sisters, Stella Vogt and Bernice (Edward) Carson; his 
6brother-in-law, Michael Thill; and his many nieces and nephews; 
7therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
10Leonard H. Thennes, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
11family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
12further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to the family of Leonard Thennes as an expression of 
15our deepest sympathy.