Full Text of SR0701 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 Charleston Mayor Larry Wayne Rennels, who | 4 | | passed away on June 25, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Rennels was born in Charleston on July 31, | 6 | | 1947 to Morris E. and Helen E. (nee Snyder) Rennels; he | 7 | | graduated from Charleston High School in 1965 and the Rose | 8 | | Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1969 | 9 | | with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering; during his college | 10 | | years, he was a member of ROTC; he married Mary Ann Gibbons on | 11 | | August 24, 1968 in Mattoon; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Rennels was employed by Motorola, Inc., | 13 | | designing and managing the design of pagers and 2-way radios; | 14 | | during his 11-year tenure with Motorola, he developed, | 15 | | designed, and was issued a patent; he held the position of | 16 | | Product Manager, International Communications Products; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In 1980, Mayor Rennels and his wife decided to | 18 | | return to Charleston and make it their permanent home; in 1987, | 19 | | he followed in his father's footsteps as owner of Rennels TV & | 20 | | Appliance and was committed to offering the same professional | 21 | | and reliable service; he operated the store until its closing | 22 | | in 2010; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Rennels became actively involved in the | 2 | | Charleston community; in 1994, he was appointed Chairman of the | 3 | | City of Charleston Alcohol Task Force; in 1997, he was elected | 4 | | to the Charleston City Council; he was a member of the | 5 | | Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, serving | 6 | | as its President in 1998, and was named its Outstanding Citizen | 7 | | of the Year in 2004; he has also served on the Eastern Illinois | 8 | | University President's Cabinet and has been instrumental in | 9 | | fostering better relations with the university as a member of | 10 | | the EIU External Relations Committee; he was a member of the | 11 | | first class of the Citizen's Police Academy, a member of Coles | 12 | | County Crime Stoppers, and a member of the Hilltop Advisory | 13 | | Board; he was a member and past President of the Community | 14 | | Based Youth Service Board, which operated in 7 counties; he was | 15 | | previously a member of the Autism Society; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Rennels was elected Mayor of Charleston in | 17 | | 2013; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Rennels was a member of Immanuel Lutheran | 19 | | Church in Charleston, serving as a past member of the Board of | 20 | | Directors, as a member of the Board of Elders, as a member of | 21 | | the Properties Committee, and as past President of the | 22 | | congregation; he has also shared his technological expertise | 23 | | assisting with the operation of audio and video equipment and |
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| 1 | | imparting his knowledge to others; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Rennels was preceded in death by his parents | 3 | | and Mary Ann's parents, Frank and Mildred Gibbons; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Rennels is survived by his wife of 47 years, | 5 | | Mary Ann; their sons, David Rennels and Matthew and wife, Dr. | 6 | | Tasha Rennels; his sister, Marcia Cox and her husband, Mick; | 7 | | his niece, Emily (Bill) Kobler and their children, Addie and | 8 | | Callie; his nephew, Brandon (Staci) Cox and their children, | 9 | | Jackson and Griffin; his stepmother, Crystal Rennels; his aunt, | 10 | | Betty Snyder; and his brother-in-law, Dr. Thomas Gibbons; | 11 | | 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 | | Charleston Mayor Larry Wayne Rennels, and extend our sincere | 15 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 16 | | him; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Mayor Rennels as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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