Full Text of SR0678 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Clinton Charles "Kelly" Ireland of | 4 | | Greenville, who passed away on June 17, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Clinton Ireland was born in Fayette County to | 6 | | Charles and Rose Thompson Ireland on March 8, 1922; he married | 7 | | Lucille Pryor in St. Charles, Missouri on July 27, 1941 and | 8 | | they settled in St. Louis; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Clinton Ireland began working as a union steward | 10 | | at Curtiss-Wright when he enlisted in the United States Navy as | 11 | | a Seabee in June of 1943; he served in the European Theater | 12 | | (D-Day, plus 5) until December of 1945; while in Paris, he was | 13 | | chosen to be the driver for General Dwight Eisenhower while the | 14 | | general was visiting area hospitals; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Clinton Ireland returned to Sorento in 1945, where | 16 | | he owned and operated a Firestone store and garage; he attended | 17 | | Greenville College for two years before transferring to | 18 | | Southern Illinois University (SIU); he served as assistant shop | 19 | | teacher in their vocational shops; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Clinton Ireland served in the United States Naval | 21 | | Reserve at the Lambert Field Naval Air Station for two weeks |
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| 1 | | when his unit was one of the first to be called into active | 2 | | duty for the Korean War; he served as an aviation mechanic as | 3 | | part of a fighter squadron aboard the aircraft carrier Tarawa; | 4 | | he was then transferred to a naval air station at Rhode Island, | 5 | | where he served as plane captain for Admiral Ruble for 18 | 6 | | months; upon discharge, he returned to SIU to complete his | 7 | | Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education in 1954; he later | 8 | | completed his master's degree in education from the University | 9 | | of Illinois in 1957; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Clinton Ireland taught at East Alton-Wood River | 11 | | High School before coming to Greenville to introduce industrial | 12 | | arts at the Greenville Junior High School; he went on to teach | 13 | | general shop, metal-working, and wood-working at the high | 14 | | school; he later served as high school guidance counselor and | 15 | | Director of Vocational and Adult Education; his teaching career | 16 | | spanned a 25-year period; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Clinton Ireland served as a councilman for | 18 | | Greenville; he was elected as mayor in 1977 and served three | 19 | | terms; this was followed with two terms as a member of the city | 20 | | planning commission, and later, as a council member again; in | 21 | | all he served close to 35 years in city government; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Clinton Ireland was the recipient of the | 23 | | Greenville College Recognition Award in 1979, the Greenville |
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| 1 | | Women's Club Service Award in 1993, and the Greenville Chamber | 2 | | of Commerce 2003 Gerald Turley Award; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Clinton Ireland was preceded in death by his | 4 | | daughter, Pamela Portell; his brothers, Wayne Ireland and | 5 | | Eugene Ireland; and his sisters, Bonnie Ireland, Marjorie | 6 | | Ireland, Fay Kistler, Helen Washburn, and Irene Eakin; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Clinton Ireland is survived by his wife, Lucille; | 8 | | his daughter, Sandra (Van Loyd); his grandchildren, Kelly | 9 | | Horton, Brent Portell, Cheri Lucco, Charlotte Sutton, and | 10 | | Virginia Kalotihos; and 11 great-grandchildren, Trammel and | 11 | | Katie Horton, Brock, Brodie, Rece, and Brylee Portell, Will | 12 | | Greenwald, Rachel (Dan) Cannoy, Hannah (Evan) Kelley, Laura | 13 | | Lucco, Christiana and Lena Kalotihos, and Jordan and Grace | 14 | | Shaw; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Clinton Charles "Kelly" Ireland, and extend our sincere | 18 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 19 | | him; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Clinton Ireland as an expression of | 22 | | our deepest sympathy.
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