Full Text of SR0414 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of James C. "Jim" Steele of Des Plaines, | 4 | | who passed away on July 18, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Steele was born to John "Ray" Steele and | 6 | | Ruth Hellen (Elsner) Steele in Sandusky, Ohio on May 14, 1944; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jim Steele was a budding amateur magician in high | 9 | | school, later touring the country professionally at county and | 10 | | state fairs, carnivals, and the Clyde Beatty Cole Brothers | 11 | | Circus; he was also an illusionist, a mentalist, an escape | 12 | | artist, a sword swallower, and a fire eater; throughout the | 13 | | 1960s, he had many opportunities in show business, including | 14 | | small parts in movies and theater; he toured as part of a | 15 | | vaudeville troupe, and he was master of ceremonies in various | 16 | | nightclubs and variety shows in Ohio, New York City, New | 17 | | Jersey, and Chicago; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In the 1970s, Jim Steele worked as a consultant, | 19 | | writer, and promoter of fine wines; he organized large wine | 20 | | tastings and auctions for various liquor stores in the | 21 | | Chicagoland area; he was a two-time winner of Geja's Annual | 22 | | International Wine Tasting Contest; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jim Steele was a dedicated grandfather who loved | 2 | | dining, traveling, and movie watching with his grandchildren; | 3 | | he will be most remembered for his fun, outgoing nature, and | 4 | | his open and accepting personality; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jim Steele was the husband of the late Nanci | 6 | | Steele for 45 years; the stepfather to Barbra (Richard | 7 | | Spychalski) Versino and the late Robert Versino; the | 8 | | grandfather of Jonathan Spychalski and Emma Spychalski; the | 9 | | brother of Ruth Williams, Mary Sue Clifton, the late Jane | 10 | | Adelman, the late Carol Steele, Johnny Steele, and the late | 11 | | Rose Steele; and the uncle to many nieces and nephews; | 12 | | therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 15 | | James C. "Jim" Steele and extend our sincere
condolences to | 16 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 19 | | presented to the family of Jim Steele as an expression of
our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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