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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois 
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learned with regret of the death of Robert Francis "RT" Tracy 
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of Mount Sterling on Sunday, March 26, 2006; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born on August 8, 1924, in Jerseyville to 
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Frank and Ellen Elizabeth "Nellie" Massey Tracy; he attended 
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Jersey County High School and earned a bachelor's degree in 
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dairy technology from the University of Illinois at 
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Urbana-Champaign in 1948; he was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of 
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World War II, serving from 1943 to 1945 on the USS General Omar 
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Bundy; he obtained a private pilot's license in 1948; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He married Dorothy Curtin in 1949 in Stonington; 
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he worked for Prairie Farms Dairy as an assistant manager in 
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Champaign and Henry from 1949 to 1952 and an assistant general 
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manager and sales manager in Mount Sterling until 1956; he then 
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served as general manager of Norris Dairy Products in Dallas 
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before returning to Prairie Farms in Mount Sterling in 1958; he 
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and his wife founded Associated Dairy Products, later renamed 
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Dot Foods, Inc., in Mount Sterling in 1960; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Tracy was a member of Holy Family Church in 
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Mount Sterling, where he served as a trustee; the Mount 
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Sterling Knights of Columbus; Rolling Greens Golf Club; Mount 
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Sterling American Legion Post 374; the Beardstown Elks Club; 
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and the Mount Sterling  Rotary Club; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was named Mount Sterling Chamber of Commerce 
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Citizen of the Year in 1986 and the Distinguished Citizen of 
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the Year in 1996 by the Mississippi Valley Council of Boy 
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Scouts of America; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Mr. Tracy has been deeply felt by 
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many, especially his wife, Dorothy; his sons, Donald (wife, 
 


 






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Wanda), Patrick, Thomas (wife, Catherine), James (wife, Jil), 
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John (wife, Linda), Joseph (wife, Jill), and Richard (wife, 
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Adina); his daughters, Anne (husband, Ray) Capestrain, Jean 
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(husband, Mike) Buckley, Susan (husband, Scott) Stamerjohn, 
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Mary (husband, Jay) Sullivan, and Jane (husband, Fred) Schmidt; 
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his 41 grandchildren; his sister, Mary Ellen Tracy; and his 
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brother, Bill Tracy; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
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Robert F. Tracy, and we 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 his family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.