Full Text of SR0586 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Ronald Gene "Ron" Stradt of | 4 | | Springfield, who passed away on September 26, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stradt was born in Davenport, Iowa to Robert | 6 | | Gene Stradt and Helen Sherie Morrow on March 25, 1963; he was | 7 | | raised in Moline and graduated from Moline High School in | 8 | | 1981; he attended the Kansai University of Foreign Languages | 9 | | in Osaka, Japan and received his Bachelor of Arts in Business | 10 | | Management from the University of Maryland; he received his | 11 | | Master of Science in Policy Economics from the University of | 12 | | Illinois and his Juris Doctor from Northern Illinois | 13 | | University in 1996; he served in the U.S. Marine Corps from | 14 | | 1983 to 1988; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stradt remained in Tokyo, Japan after being | 16 | | discharged from the military and worked as an associate in the | 17 | | legal affairs department with Honda Motors and as a technical | 18 | | writer with Passage Technical Publishing & Translation; he was | 19 | | previously employed as an attorney at the Illinois Department | 20 | | of Securities, as an Assistant State's Attorney in Rock Island | 21 | | County, as Assistant Attorney General for the State of | 22 | | Illinois, and as Legal Counsel for the Illinois Senate | 23 | | Judiciary Committee; most recently, he was employed as the |
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| 1 | | Associate General Counsel at the Illinois Education | 2 | | Association in Springfield; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stradt belonged to the Sangamon County Bar | 4 | | Association and the Government Bar Association; he was | 5 | | learning to fly, made several solo flights, and was in the | 6 | | final stages of qualifying as a pilot; he enjoyed music and | 7 | | live concerts and played the drums, saxophone, and guitar; he | 8 | | inherited his mother's talent for the piano and could always | 9 | | answer a question with a song clip; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stradt's daughter, Sophia, was the light of | 11 | | his life; they enjoyed downhill skiing and made numerous trips | 12 | | together to Disney World; he relished their time together in | 13 | | the kitchen trying new recipes, and the two-story backyard | 14 | | playhouse he hand-built for her was a labor of love; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stradt was preceded in death by his mother, | 16 | | Helen Morrow; his stepmother, Carol Stradt; and his niece, | 17 | | Sarah Genberg; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stradt is survived by his father, Robert G. | 19 | | Stradt; his daughter, Sophia Stradt; his siblings, Robert P. | 20 | | (Julie) Stradt, Sandy (Scott) Genberg, Robyn Stradt (Dale | 21 | | Clark), Steve (Kerry) Adams, Mike (Leslie) Adams, Deb (Rod) | 22 | | Menken, Craig (Jennifer) Adams, Norine (Brian) Daw, and Dale |
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| 1 | | Allen Adams; his stepfather, Dale (Sandy) Adams; his nieces | 2 | | and nephews, Kristen (Perry) Stradt-Johnson, Joseph Stradt | 3 | | (Hailey Schnowske), Mitchell Genberg, Christopher Genberg, | 4 | | Elizabeth Genberg, Michael Nance, Rebecca (Scot) Ahlers, | 5 | | Benjamen Steen, Kevin Adams, Elijah Adams, Rebekah Adams, | 6 | | Joanna Adams, Rachel Adams, Keegan Menken, Noah Menken, | 7 | | Brennan Menken, and Jessica Daw; and his great-nieces and | 8 | | nephews, Evelyn Ahlers, Zac Ahlers, and Bryligh Nance; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Ronald Gene "Ron" Stradt and extend our sincere condolences to | 13 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Ron Stradt as an expression of our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
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