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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Duane W. Strunk of Champaign, who passed |
4 | | away on May 23, 2014; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Duane Strunk was born on August 21, 1939 to |
6 | | William C. and Ruth (nee Wasner) Strunk; he served in the |
7 | | United States Army, attended Bradley University in Peoria, and |
8 | | graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
9 | | with a degree in agriculture economics; he married Nancy L. |
10 | | Smith on April 25, 1964; and
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11 | | WHEREAS, Duane Strunk was an Illinois licensed general |
12 | | appraiser, farm manager, rural appraiser, and real estate |
13 | | managing broker; he began his career at Commercial National |
14 | | Bank in Peoria and moved to the Champaign National Bank Farm |
15 | | Department in 1976 as department head; in 1985, he opened |
16 | | Strunk & Assoc., Inc., specializing in farm real estate; and
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17 | | WHEREAS, Duane Strunk was a loyal Illini; he enjoyed all |
18 | | sports, especially women's basketball, and meeting young |
19 | | students; he was an alumnus of the College of Agricultural, |
20 | | Consumer, and Environmental Sciences; he served on the College |
21 | | of Agriculture Board of Directors for over 15 years and on the |
22 | | University of Illinois General Board of Directors; and |
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1 | | WHEREAS, Duane Strunk was an active member of the Illinois |
2 | | Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, |
3 | | earning the Accredited Farm Manager and Accredited Rural |
4 | | Appraiser designations; he was also an active member of the |
5 | | Champaign County Farm Bureau and past board of directors |
6 | | member, a member of the Illinois Farm Bureau Equine Grits |
7 | | committee, a 4-H Leader, a member of the University of Illinois |
8 | | Extension State Advisory Council, and a Kiwanis Club of |
9 | | Champaign-Urbana member for over 35 years; and |
10 | | WHEREAS, Duane Strunk was a graduate of the first class of |
11 | | Illinois Ag Leadership (1984); he was a national Pony of the |
12 | | Americas Club member, serving on various committees, and was an |
13 | | owner and breeder of Illini Pony of the Americas; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, Duane Strunk is survived by his wife, Nancy Smith; |
15 | | he is the proud parent of Derek (Kami) Strunk, Nicole (Doug) |
16 | | Webel, Dawn Strunk Reesman, and Colleen (Karl) Scherer;
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17 | | proud grandfather of Blake, Cole, and Ashley Webel, Jacob, |
18 | | Lindsey, Nicholas, and Lucas Scherer, and Taryn, Danielle, and |
19 | | Dane Strunk; he is also survived by his brother, Eugene (Gene) |
20 | | and Joyce Strunk; therefore, be it
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21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |