SR1698 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Ralph D. Glenn of Mattoon, who passed away on April 6, 2018; and

WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn was born in Lexington to Robert and Thelma (Derry) Glenn on October 15, 1929; he graduated from Yorkville High School in 1947 and attended college at Illinois Wesleyan University from 1947 to 1949, where he played football and baseball; he earned his bachelor's degree and his Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; he was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1953 and served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955; he completed his initial training at Ft. Riley, Kansas and then served as an intelligence officer and investigator with the Army's Counter Intelligence Corps at Ft. Holabird in Maryland; he was recognized as an Outstanding Trainee at Ft. Riley and received a commendation for exemplary service from the Counter Intelligence Corps; he married Shirley Rudman on September 10, 1955; and

WHEREAS, In 1955, Ralph Glenn and Shirley moved to Mattoon, and Ralph joined the law firm of Craig & Craig; he became an assistant state's attorney in 1958; in 1960, he was elected State's Attorney of Coles County, a position he held until 1968; he published Illinois Misdemeanor Forms, a book widely used by area prosecutors at that time; in 1966, he co-founded the Glenn & Logue Law Firm; in 1968, he was chosen to serve as president of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association; he continued practicing law until the end of 2014, when he retired after a 59-year career; during his career, he argued cases at the Circuit, Appellate, and Supreme Court levels, as well as before the U.S. District and U.S. Tax Courts; and

WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn coached local youth baseball teams and served as the Commissioner for Mattoon's Jaycee Baseball League for 20 years; he received the Pop Warner Award, and in 1967, the baseball field at Vanlaningham Park was named the Ralph Glenn Field; early in his life, he was named Young Man of the Year by the Mattoon Chamber of Commerce; and

WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn was a member of the Central Community Church, the First Presbyterian Church, the Mattoon Jaycees, the Association of Commerce, the American Legion, and the Moose Club; he served on the E-7 Hospital Association Board from 1970 to 1979, which oversaw the development, organization, administration, and opening of the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in 1977; and

WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn was a member of the Mattoon Golf & Country Club for many years and enjoyed playing golf with his wife and in men's leagues; on two occasions, he shot holes in one on the club course; and

WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn was a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs, and he often told the story of how he and a group of ten friends traveled in one car, slept overnight on the sidewalk outside of Wrigley Field, and then paid $1 each for bleacher seats to attend game 7 of the 1945 World Series against the Detroit Tigers; 71 years later, he was watching with his family from his home in Mattoon as his beloved Cubs won the World Series in 2016; and

WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Shirley; his brothers, Robert and Howard Glenn; his sisters, Dorothy Felker and Mary Quinton; and his sons-in-law, Bruce Scott Doty and Clifford Brown; and

WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn is survived by his children, James (Laura) Glenn, Michael (Bridgit) Glenn, Cheryl (Douglas) Meyer, and Sharon Brown; his grandchildren, Kyle Glenn, Lindsey Glenn, Michelle (Luke) Wilson, Miranda (Jeremy) Sullivan, Kevin Glenn, Andi Glenn, Andrew Meyer, Todd Meyer, Christina Meyer, and Nicholas Doty; his great-grandchild, Maddie Sullivan; and his sister, Lois Murray; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Ralph D. Glenn, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Ralph Glenn as an expression of our deepest sympathy.