SR0945 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Ford C. "Bim" June Jr., who passed away on November 27, 2008; and

WHEREAS, Ford C. June Jr. was born December 5, 1923; and

WHEREAS, Bim, a lifelong Joliet resident, attended Taft and Farragut grade schools and was in the class of 1942 at Joliet Township High School; while in high school he was a C.Y.O. and Golden Gloves boxing champion; and

WHEREAS, During World War II, he served as a lieutenant with the 13th Army Air Corps as a B-24 pilot in the South Pacific; he retired from the United States Department of Defense, where he worked in the procurement section at the Joliet Ordinance Ammunition Command/Army Procurement and Supply Agency (APSA); while at APSA, Bim served on a special team which spent six months in 1963 advising the government of Iran; and he was one of the founders of the APSA Rod & Gun Club; and

WHEREAS, Bim was an avid hunter and especially enjoyed fishing in the waters off Stuart, Florida; Bim was one of the original organizers of the "Save Central" campaign in 1981 and was elected to the Joliet Township High School Board of Education in one of the largest write-in campaigns in Will County history; he later served as president of the Joliet Township High School Board; Bim had also been a member of the Elks Club of Joliet and the Joliet Country Club; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Lorraine "Dolly" (Petersen) June; his parents, Dorothy Dibell June and Ford C. June; his brother, Charles D. June; and his sister, Virginia "Cis" (June) Tracy; and

WHEREAS, Ford June Jr. is survived by his three sons, Ford C. "Chet" (Judy) June, III, Peter Boyd (Janet) June, and David A. "Andy" (Cindy) June; his grandchildren, Kathryn Lynn June, Matthew Petersen June, and Morgan Lorraine June; and Amanda Suomela June and Hannah Lillian June; his granddaughter-in-law, Chang Suk Weber; his great-grandchildren, Robert James Weber, III, Angelica Kathren Weber, and Sarah Ann Weber; his great-great-granddaughter, Madison Nichole Weber; his nieces, Laura Lynn (June) Maycen and Susan Marie (June) Hildebrand; 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 Ford C. "Bim" June Jr.; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Ford C. "Bim" June Jr. as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.