Full Text of SR0420 93rd General Assembly
SR0420 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Dr. James R. McAnelly on | 4 |
| Tuesday, January 6, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. McAnelly was born on March 16, 1932, in | 6 |
| Bloomington to Clyde and Virginia (Jett) McAnelly; he was | 7 |
| educated at Mooseheart and was on the 1950 undefeated football | 8 |
| team; during his senior year, he was awarded All-State in | 9 |
| football; he was a member of the Hall of Fame at Mooseheart; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Dr. McAnelly received a B.S. degree from the | 12 |
| University of Colorado, Boulder, where he received an athletic | 13 |
| scholarship for football; he received a master's degree and | 14 |
| Ed.D. degree from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. McAnelly was one of the founding teachers at | 16 |
| Waubonsee Community College (WCC), Sugar Grove, where he taught | 17 |
| business for 30 years; in addition to teaching at WCC, he was a | 18 |
| foreign studies director, and led groups to the United Kingdom, | 19 |
| Europe, and China; he also taught at Northern Illinois | 20 |
| University at DeKalb, East Aurora High School, and Haines | 21 |
| Junior High School in St. Charles; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. McAnelly was the author of two college | 23 |
| textbooks, "Business Mathematics for College" and | 24 |
| "Fundamentals of Retailing", which are in the Library of | 25 |
| Congress; he was a member of Delta Pi Epsilon and was listed in | 26 |
| "Who's Who in American Law" in 1985; for 30 years, he was an | 27 |
| IHSA certified swimming official and did most of his | 28 |
| officiating at Marmion Academy; he was an Eagle Scout; he | 29 |
| played the euphonium for the American Legion for many years; | 30 |
| after retiring from teaching, he taught discus for the track | 31 |
| team at Holy Angels School for three years; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. McAnelly will be remembered as a very caring | 2 |
| and loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend; | 3 |
| his passing has been deeply felt by many, but especially by his | 4 |
| wife, Patricia; his sons, Michael (Tina), Robert (Laura), and | 5 |
| James; his grandchildren, Matt, Beth, Kate, Robbie, and Ashley; | 6 |
| his sisters, Pat Deiter and Karen Miller; his nieces, Mary | 7 |
| (Bob) Erickson and Laura (Steve) Goldfarb; his nephews, Joe | 8 |
| Miller, Kevin (Amy) Staas, Peter, Greg, and David Staas; his | 9 |
| mother-in-law, Lucille Staas; his brothers-in-law, John (Zee) | 10 |
| Staas and James (Cynthia) Staas; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 |
| Dr. James R. McAnelly, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 14 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Dr. James R. McAnelly as an | 18 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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