Full Text of SR1182 99th 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 Randall Allan West of Peoria, who passed | 4 | | away on October 30, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Randall West was born in Peoria on May 20, 1929 to | 6 | | Pamella Eva Burnham and Clyde McKinley West; he graduated from | 7 | | White Grade School, where he was co-editor of the school | 8 | | newspaper; in 1947, he graduated from Peoria High School, where | 9 | | he served on the student council for 4 years, was President of | 10 | | the student council, and started the first Peoria High | 11 | | Homecoming, which included a stunt show, a football game with | 12 | | Springfield, and a dance; he graduated from the University of | 13 | | Illinois in 1951, where he was President of the student senate, | 14 | | played drums in the marching band, and was a member of the | 15 | | Sigma Chi Fraternity, serving as its President; he was given | 16 | | the honors of Skull and Crescent, Sachem, and MaWaDa; he | 17 | | graduated from the University of Illinois Law School in 1953, | 18 | | serving as President of the law school senior class; he served | 19 | | in the United States Army in the Counter Intelligence Corps and | 20 | | married Mary Jane Corrie on August 23, 1953 in Winchester; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Randall West practiced law in Peoria from 1955 to | 22 | | 1999, practicing 6 years with his father until his father's | 23 | | death; he then worked with the firm of Safford, West, Tornow |
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| 1 | | and Jaeger, where his son Stephen also practices; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Randall West was President of the Peoria Bar | 3 | | Association and was President and founding member of the Estate | 4 | | Planning Council; as a Peoria Jaycee, he served as Internal | 5 | | Vice-President, was a Key Man, and received the Peoria Jaycees | 6 | | Distinguished Service Award for community service; he was | 7 | | active in the Downtown Kiwanis Club, served as President of the | 8 | | Friendship House Board, was active in Cursillo, and served as a | 9 | | rector and on a prison team; at Common Place, he served on its | 10 | | Board of Directors and then served as a tutor for third and | 11 | | fourth-grade students for 13 years; he received the Spirit of | 12 | | Common Place Award for volunteer service in 2015; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Randall West was a lifetime member of First | 14 | | Christian Church of Peoria; he served as Chairman of the | 15 | | Trustees, as Chairman of the Admin. Board, as Chairman of the | 16 | | Cabinet, and as Chairman of the Capital Campaign when the new | 17 | | church was built; he was an author of the Permanent Fund | 18 | | policies; he served as President of the Regional Board of the | 19 | | Christian Church in IL/WI, served as Second Vice Moderator of | 20 | | the National Christian Church Disciples of Christ, was | 21 | | Parliamentarian at many General Assemblies, and served many | 22 | | years on the National Board of the Christian Church Foundation; | 23 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Randall West and Mary Jane traveled to Colorado, | 2 | | England, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Israel, Russia, | 3 | | China, and Brazil, where they visited their AFS son, Claudio | 4 | | Motta; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Randall West was preceded in death by his parents | 6 | | and his brother, Owen; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Randall West is survived by his wife, Mary; his 3 | 8 | | children, Stephen J. West (Deborah Springhart), David A. | 9 | | (Sarah) West, and Linda (Leslie) Carter; and his | 10 | | granddaughters, Corrie Brite, Kathleen Brite, Grace West, | 11 | | Chloe Fike, and Sophia Fike; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Randall Allan West, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Randall West as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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