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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Ronald J.P. Banks; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Ronald Banks graduated from DePaul Law School in 
51968; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Ronald Banks started his public career as a Cook 
7County prosecutor; he eventually supervised traffic court and 
8served as an Associate Judge; he was elected Circuit Court 
9Judge in 1982, retiring in 2000; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Ronald Banks enjoyed movies, playing golf, 
11playing cards, and vacationing in Jamaica with his wife, Donna; 
12and
  
 
  
13    WHEREAS, Ronald Banks was the beloved husband of Donna (nee 
14Smat); the devoted father of Ronald (Shelly), Kimberly, Samuel 
15(Rosella), Lynn, Hope (Dean) Jaeger, and Heather Banks; the 
16loving son of the late James J. and Hope Marie Banks; the dear 
17son-in-law of Virginia (the late Charles) Smat; the proud 
18Grandfather of Ariana, Marisa, Miles Banks, and Matthew and 
19Jacob Jaeger; the dear brother of Marlene Panebianco, The 
20Honorable William J.P. (Shirley), and of the late James and the 
21late Samuel V.P. (Dorothy) Banks; and the beloved uncle and 
 
 
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1great-uncle of many; therefore, be it
  
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
4Ronald J.P. Banks, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
5family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
6further
  
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
8presented to the family of Ronald Banks as an expression of our 
9deepest sympathy.