Full Text of SR0677 93rd General Assembly
SR0677 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 Charles A. James III of | 4 |
| Wood River on Sunday, August 22, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. James was born on July 2, 1921 in Rochester, | 6 |
| New York to Charles A. and Hazel (Chapman) James Jr.; on April | 7 |
| 16, 1946, he married the former Jeannette Guionnaux; she | 8 |
| preceded him in death on April 19, 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. James valiantly served his country for 23 | 10 |
| years as a member of the U.S. Army; he retired in 1966 and then | 11 |
| worked as a purchasing agent for 18 years at Southern Illinois | 12 |
| University Edwardsville, retiring in 1983; he was a decorated | 13 |
| veteran of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Wood was an organizing member of the Wood | 15 |
| River Heritage Council, which was created to help showcase the | 16 |
| Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Celebration; he was president and | 17 |
| coordinator of the Camp DuBois Rendezvous in Wood River and | 18 |
| helped bring in more than $70,000 for the Wood River Museum and | 19 |
| Camp DuBois; he was the past president of the General Rogers | 20 |
| Clark Chapter, ILSSAR, and served as chairman of the | 21 |
| outstanding citizen committee; he was a member of the Kyoto | 22 |
| Masonic Lodge 5 of Japan and the Sojourners of Paris, France; a | 23 |
| member of the Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolution, | 24 |
| he served on the board of managers and as chairman of the flag | 25 |
| committee and historic sites committee; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Wood was a member of the First Church of | 27 |
| Christ Scientist in Granite City and was also a member of the | 28 |
| Dumont, New Jersey Boy Scouts of America and had earned the | 29 |
| rank of Eagle Scout; in his earlier years, he worked at Clemson | 30 |
| University and was managing editor of the Agrarian; he was a | 31 |
| member of Alpha Zeta, honorary agriculture fraternity, |
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| president of the dairy club, and member of Alpha Phi Omega, | 2 |
| service fraternity; while at SIUE, he was a member of Gamma | 3 |
| Theta Upsilon; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Charles A. James III has been | 5 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his daughters, Dianne H.M. Lipe | 6 |
| and husband Larry, Linda J. Hanselman and husband Jeff, and | 7 |
| Candace Sauermann and husband Frank; his stepdaughter, Rolande | 8 |
| Cantrell and husband Bill; his six grandchildren; his four | 9 |
| great-grandchildren; and his sister, Viola White; therefore, | 10 |
| 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 |
| Charles A. James III, who is remembered as an extremely kind | 14 |
| and generous man committed to history; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Mr. James as an expression of our | 17 |
| deepest sympathy.
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