Full Text of SR2231 99th General Assembly
SR2231 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | SR2231 | | LRB099 23352 MST 50807 r |
|
| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of James Nelson Mundell of Moline, who | 4 | | passed away on September 6, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Mundell was born on his family's farm near | 6 | | Browning, Missouri to James Nesbitt and Pearl Kimbrough Mundell | 7 | | on June 8, 1927; he served in the United States Army Air Force | 8 | | as a Corporal during World War II from 1945 to 1947; he married | 9 | | Charlotte Elaine Nesser at First Covenant Church in Moline on | 10 | | September 10, 1949; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, James Mundell worked for 10 years at | 12 | | Strombeck-Becker Manufacturing in Moline before becoming a | 13 | | part of the John Deere organization; he retired from John Deere | 14 | | Plow-Planter Industrial in Moline on September 30, 1987 after | 15 | | over 28 years of service as a toolroom machinist; prior to | 16 | | retirement, he started and was co-owner of Boymun Machine | 17 | | Company for 25 years; he was very successful in the stock | 18 | | market over 30 years as a day trader; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, James Mundell was a longtime member of First | 20 | | Covenant Church, where he served as a deacon and trustee; he | 21 | | was an avid landscaper and was in charge of maintaining the | 22 | | church property; he was a member of the First Covenant Men's |
| | | SR2231 | - 2 - | LRB099 23352 MST 50807 r |
|
| 1 | | Brotherhood; he was known as the "Can Man" at church for many | 2 | | years, turning returnable bottles and aluminum cans into | 3 | | thousands of dollars for church youth projects; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, James Mundell was preceded in death by his wife, | 5 | | Charlotte; his parents; four brothers; and one sister; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, James Mundell is survived by his children, Marlyss | 7 | | (Steve) Vincent, Dr. Brian (Pat) Mundell, Keith Mundell, and | 8 | | Kevin (E. Scott Jackson) Mundell-Jackson; his grandsons, | 9 | | Matthew Mundell, Nathan Mundell, and Derek Vincent; his | 10 | | granddaughter, Emma Vincent; his great-grandson, Rowan | 11 | | Mundell; and his sisters, Ruth Viviani, Phyllis (Walt) Dengler, | 12 | | and Joyce Aldridge; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | James Nelson Mundell, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 | | 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 James Mundell an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
|
|