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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of James Richard Heil of Alton, who passed
4 away on June 15, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, James Heil was born on February 18, 1935, in
6 Alton, the son of the late Harry J.R. and Luella Smith Heil;
7 and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mr. Heil served in the United States Army from
9 September of 1957 to March of 1958, and in the Reserves from
10 March of 1958 to December of 1963; he received a Bachelor of
11 Arts degree in 1957 and his Juris Doctor in 1961 from the
12 University of Illinois; he was licensed as an attorney by the
13 State of Illinois on October 26, 1961, and practiced law in the
14 Alton and Godfrey communities; and
 
15     WHEREAS, During his career he served as a Madison County
16 State's Attorney and as an Assistant Attorney General for the
17 State of Illinois; he was active in Republican politics, and
18 served on the Madison County Board from 1972 to 1982; he held a
19 Illinois Broker's License, taught real estate law at Lewis and
20 Clark Community College, and received his certification of
21 master practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming in July of
22 1992; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, James Heil was certified as a hypnotherapist by
2 the National Guild of Hypnotists in May of 1994; he was a
3 former member of the National Speakers Association; he was a
4 founding officer of the St. Louis Chapter of the National
5 Speakers Association; he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon
6 social fraternity, a past member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers
7 Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association, the
8 Illinois State Bar Association, and the American Bar
9 Association; and he was a longtime member of the Alton Little
10 Theater; and
 
11     WHEREAS, James Richard Heil is survived by his life
12 partner, Linda Leckrone; his daughter, Laura Shansey and her
13 husband, Patrick; his son, Jeff Heil and his wife, Jean; his
14 grandchildren, Sydney and Evan Shansey, and James and Jayson
15 Heil; his mother-in-law, Verna Wilson; his sister, Donna Amick
16 and her husband, Dan; his cousin, Mimi (Wade) Moore and her
17 husband, Randy and their children, Brady, Mark, and Tricia
18 Moore; his nephew, Randy Heil and his wife, Patty, and his
19 children, Jamie, Josh, and Lori Heil; his dear friend, Brian
20 Gibbons; his brother, Gilbert Heil; his large extended family;
21 and his many friends and special pets, Aloyuisus, Boots, Baby
22 Kitty, Wee One, Eight Ball, and Bart; therefore, be it
 
23     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL

 

 

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1 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
2 his family and friends, the passing of James Richard Heil; and
3 be it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to the family of James Richard Heil as a symbol of
6 our sympathy.