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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Charles H. Kelley, Jr. of Sparta, who 
4passed away on November 18, 2014; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Charles Kelley, Jr. was born in Belleville on 
6November 2, 1955 to Charles H. and Mary (nee Grimm) Kelley; he 
7married Deborah Farthing on September 19, 1975 in Coulterville; 
8and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Charles Kelley, Jr. was a paramedic and, in 1981, 
10he founded  MedStar Ambulance, Inc., which he took from having 
11only 2 full-time employees to having 179 employees today, 127 
12of which are full-time; he also served as mayor of Sparta; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Charles Kelley, Jr. was a former member of the 
14Board of Directors of the American Ambulance Association and  
15the Board of Directors of the  Illinois State
Ambulance 
16Association; he was a member of  the Sparta Rotary Club, First 
17United Methodist Church in Sparta, the Sparta Area Chamber of

18Commerce, the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #3059, Southern 
19Illinois Chapter 32 of the International Harvester Collectors, 
20the
Southwestern Illinois Council of Mayors Association, and 
21the Sparta Lions Club, where was a former President; he was a

22founding Board Member of the Randolph County 911 Board and  was 
 
 
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1also a member of the Sparta Fire
Department, from which he was 
2retired; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Charles Kelley, Jr. was preceded in death by his 
4parents; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Charles Kelley, Jr. is survived by his wife, 
6Deborah;
his children, Charles R. (Amy) Kelley and Michael R.

7(Kendra) Kelley; his grandchildren, Victoria Kelley,
Matthew 
8Kelley, Andrew Kelley, and Jayden Kelley; and his brother,
John 
9Kelley, Sr.; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
12Charles H. Kelley, Jr., and extend our sincere condolences to 
13his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
14further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to  the family of  Charles Kelley, Jr. as an expression 
17of our deepest sympathy.