SR0428 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of D. Kent Trone of Troy, who passed away on October 25, 2007; and

WHEREAS, D. Kent Trone was born March 12, 1934, in Sheldons Grove; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trone served in the United States Army and received an honorable discharge in 1962; he received his law degree from the University of Illinois in 1960; he practiced law in the Rushville and Edwardsville area for 37 years; during that time, he served as attorney for the Village of Livingston and the Livingston Sanitary District, as well as the village of Marine and the Marine Sanitary District; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trone was appointed as government appeal agent for Local Board 166 of the Selective Service System in Edwardsville, serving from 1965 to 1967; he was appointed as a special assistant attorney general of the State of Illinois for Madison County; he served as a trustee on the Board of Trustees of Glen Carbon; he was appointed as an associate judge in Madison County, serving from 1971 to 1975; after his resignation as an associate judge in 1975, he returned to private practice, continuing to work until he retired January 1, 1997; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Trone was licensed to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States, was a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Madison County Bar Association; and

WHEREAS, D. Kent Trone was preceded in death by his parents, Doane G. Trone and Mabel (Ray) Trone; and his brother, Robert E.L. Trone; he is survived by his wife, Kay, nee Embrey, Trone; his son, Mark D. (Toni) Trone; his daughter, Christine K. (Scott) Stinnett; his grandchildren, Jordan and Lily Trone and Noah and Tanner Stinnett; and his brother, Dennis (Elizabeth) Trone; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of D. Kent Trone; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of D. Kent Trone as a symbol of our sympathy.