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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 
3to learn of the death of Ned Scott Bennett of Lewiston, who 
4passed away on June 18, 2023; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Ned Bennett was born to Ned and Dorothy (Kline) 
6Bennett in Canton on February 20, 1947; he served in the U.S. 
7Army in Vietnam; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Ned Bennett worked for International Harvester in 
9Canton and the Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria; he 
10retired from the Illinois River Correctional Facility in 2009; 
11and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Ned Bennett was a member of the American Legion 
13in Lewistown,  VFW Post #5001 in Lewistown, and the Masonic 
14Lodge; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Ned Bennett's passion in life was his family 
16farm, where he grew corn and soy beans and raised cattle; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Ned Bennett was preceded in death by his parents 
18and his niece, Mary Sue Black; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Ned Bennett is survived by his brother, Kline 
 
 
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1(the late Edie) Bennett; his nieces, Stacy (Brad) Beard, 
2Stephine Bennett, and Sheri (Mike Thompson) Bennett; his late 
3niece's husband, John Black; and several great-nieces and 
4great-nephews; therefore, be it
  
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL 
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

7Ned Scott Bennett and extend our sincere
condolences to his 
8family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it 
9further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

11presented to the family of Ned Bennett as an expression of
our 
12deepest sympathy.