MEMORIAL-GEORGE F. JACOB

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SR0579
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SENATE RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
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to learn of the death of George Francis Jacob, who passed away
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on January 11, 2026; and

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WHEREAS, George Jacob was born in Chicago to Walter "Budd"
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and Margaret Jacob on June 10, 1964; he graduated from Dunlap
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High School and Northern Illinois University; he married
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Jeannine Couri in Peoria on August 16, 1997; and

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WHEREAS, George Jacob was president of the Brewers
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Distributing Company and a member of the board of directors of
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the Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois; and

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WHEREAS, George Jacob was a member of the Peoria City
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Council and Neighborhood House and co-founder of the Moonlight
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Basketball League; he was a board member of Mid America Bank
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and a trustee for the Peoria Sanitary District; he was
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involved with the Peoria City Chamber of Commerce, Easter
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Seals, St. Jude, the Steamboat Classic, and Heart of Illinois
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United Way; he also coached Peoria Area Youth Hockey; and

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WHEREAS, George Jacob was always ready for an adventure,
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which he passed on to his children; he bicycled from Peoria to
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the West Coast, throughout New Zealand, Australia and parts of

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Europe; he especially loved hunting with his sons in South
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Dakota and his special date nights with his daughter,
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Katherine; and

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WHEREAS, George Jacob received numerous awards, including
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being inducted into the African American Hall of Fame and the
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1995 Class of Forty Leaders Under 40; and

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WHEREAS, George Jacob was preceded in death by his father
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and his brothers, Walter and Paul Jacob; and

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WHEREAS, George Jacob is survived by his wife, Jeannine;
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his children, George, Walter "Jake", Katherine, Thomas, and
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Bennett; his mother, Margaret Jacob; his sister, Meg Jacob;
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and many sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, cousins, nieces,
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nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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George Francis Jacob and extend our sincere condolences to his
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family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
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further

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RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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presented to the family of George Jacob as a symbol of our
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respect and esteem.

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