Bill Text: IL HR0721 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of James L. "Jim" Crates.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-01-31 - Resolution Adopted [HR0721 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0721-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
James L. | ||||||
| 4 | "Jim" Crates, who passed away on December 12, 2011; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, James Crates was born on November 24, 1940, in | ||||||
| 6 | McComb, Ohio; his parents were Henry and Florence (Byal) | ||||||
| 7 | Crates; he married Carole Lingrel on Aug. 28, 1965, in Kenton, | ||||||
| 8 | Ohio; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, James Crates was a 1958 graduate of Kenton High | ||||||
| 10 | School; he earned his bachelor of arts from Ohio Northern | ||||||
| 11 | University (ONU) in 1962 and his Juris Doctorate from the ONU | ||||||
| 12 | Petit College of Law in 1965; he also served on the Advisory | ||||||
| 13 | Board of ONU's College of Arts and Science; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, James Crates served as an Army JAG with the | ||||||
| 15 | Military District of Washington, D.C., and the 8th Army in | ||||||
| 16 | Seoul, Korea from 1966 to 1970; he entered the service as a | ||||||
| 17 | first lieutenant and was subsequently promoted to captain; he | ||||||
| 18 | received the Army Commendation Medal for his meritorious | ||||||
| 19 | service; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, James Crates practiced law in Kenton, Ohio with | ||||||
| 21 | Paul McKinley Sr. and Paul McKinley Jr. since 1970; he was | ||||||
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| 1 | admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in | ||||||
| 2 | 1968 and served as Hardin County Prosecuting Attorney from 1972 | ||||||
| 3 | to 1976; he was also a member of the Hardin County Bar | ||||||
| 4 | Association, executive chairman of the Hardin County | ||||||
| 5 | Republican Party, and a Pleasant Township committeeman; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, James Crates was a board member of Mount Victory | ||||||
| 7 | State Bank, the Veterans Memorial Park District, and the Hardin | ||||||
| 8 | County Board of Elections; he was also a member of Kenton Elks | ||||||
| 9 | 157 (past exalted ruler from 1978-1979 and board of trustees), | ||||||
| 10 | the Indian Lake Moose Lodge, the Lions Club, Latham Masonic | ||||||
| 11 | Lodge No. 157 at Kenton, the Aladdin Shrine, the Hardin County | ||||||
| 12 | Shrine Club, American Legion Post 198, Amvets Post 20, and a | ||||||
| 13 | 35-year-member of Wolf Creek Grange; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, James Crates enjoyed his cottage, boating and | ||||||
| 15 | entertaining his friends at Long Island, Indian Lake, and the | ||||||
| 16 | activities his grandchildren were involved in; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, James Crates was preceded in death by his brother, | ||||||
| 18 | Daniel Crates and his father-in-law, LaMoyne Lingrel; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, James Crates is survived by his wife; his son, | ||||||
| 20 | Britton (Nancy) Crates; his daughter, Ashley (Scott) | ||||||
| 21 | Borgemenke; his granddaughters, Kate and Jane Borgemenke and | ||||||
| 22 | Taylor and Peyton Crates; his brothers, Roger (Ruth) Crates and | ||||||
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| 1 | Randy Crates; his sister-in-law, Dorma Crates; and his | ||||||
| 2 | mother-in-law, Alice Lingrel; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 4 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 5 | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
| 6 | James L. "Jim" Crates; and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to the family of James Crates as an expression of our | ||||||
| 9 | sympathy.
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