Bill Text: IL HR1051 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of former State Representative Ben C. Harpstrite of New Baden.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-22 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto [HR1051 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1051-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
Ben C. | ||||||
4 | Harpstrite of New Baden, who passed away on April 24, 2012; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite was born on June 10, 1926, in | ||||||
6 | Trenton; he married Eleanor E. "Ellie", nee Schmidt, Harpstrite | ||||||
7 | on June 19, 1947, in Trenton; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite was a farmer and operated | ||||||
9 | Harpstrite Farms with his wife and his brother, Howard; he was | ||||||
10 | also an insurance agent for Harpstrite Insurance Agency; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite served on the Clinton County Board | ||||||
12 | of School Trustees from 1950 until 1956; he also served as the | ||||||
13 | Lookingglass Township Assessor from 1956 until 1960 and was a | ||||||
14 | member of the Clinton County Board of Supervisors from 1960 | ||||||
15 | until 1966; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite served as an Illinois State | ||||||
17 | Representative from 1967 until 1974, during the 75th through | ||||||
18 | the 78th General Assemblies; he focused mainly on rural issues | ||||||
19 | during his tenure in the Illinois House of Representatives; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite was a member of the First United |
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1 | Methodist Church in Trenton; he was a charter member of the New | ||||||
2 | Baden Lions Club for 60 years; he was a member of Trenton | ||||||
3 | Masonic Lodge 109, the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of | ||||||
4 | Southern Illinois, the Ainad Shriners, the Silver Lake Shrine | ||||||
5 | Club, the MI-CLI-BO Shrine Club, the Centralia Shrine Club, and | ||||||
6 | the Ainad Temple Nuts and Bolts Club; he was a sponsor at | ||||||
7 | Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children and a member of the | ||||||
8 | Eastern Star Trenton Chapter 756; he was also a member of the | ||||||
9 | New Baden Chamber of Commerce and the Clinton County Farm | ||||||
10 | Bureau; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
12 | Eleanor E. "Ellie", nee Schmidt, Harpstrite; his parents, | ||||||
13 | Benjamin A. and Ella M., nee Bassler, Harpstrite; his son, | ||||||
14 | James Benjamin Harpstrite; his great-grandson, Nathan | ||||||
15 | Lintzenich; his son-in-law, Dale Roy Zeller; his | ||||||
16 | brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Wilbur A. Schmidt, Jr., | ||||||
17 | Robert Schmidt, Delores Provaznik, and Gladys and Walter | ||||||
18 | Pendracky; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Wilbur A. and | ||||||
19 | Emma M., nee Slavik, Schmidt, Sr.; and his step father-in-law, | ||||||
20 | William Masek; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite is survived by his children, Janice | ||||||
22 | L. (Michael) Hamilton, Karen S. (Mike) Riley, Cheryl A. (Rick) | ||||||
23 | Parkin, and Janine M. (Ed) Wuebbles; his grandchildren, Dawn M. | ||||||
24 | (Jim) Lintzenich, Ashley M. Hamilton, Jami S. (Jay) Staser, |
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1 | Michael J. Riley, Rick L. Riley, Kyle A. (Kristy) Bingaman, | ||||||
2 | Jared J. (Kalena) Bingaman, Heidi L. (Tom) Kirchgesner, Craig | ||||||
3 | W. Parkin (fiancee, Lauren Momot), Melanie M. Wuebbles, and | ||||||
4 | Joshua J. Wuebbles; his great-grandchildren, Mikaela | ||||||
5 | Lintzenich, Caleb Lintzenich, Ethan Riley Lemberger, Olivia | ||||||
6 | Bingaman, Gryphon Kirchgesner, Aidan Hamilton, Destiny | ||||||
7 | Wuebbles, Kaitlyn Staser, Torre Parsons, Kolten Staser, Hunter | ||||||
8 | Parsons, Gabe Parkin, Logan Bingaman, and Payton Bingaman; his | ||||||
9 | brother, Howard D. Harpstrite (special friend, Jackie | ||||||
10 | Rickert); his brother-in-law, Frank Provaznik; his | ||||||
11 | sister-in-law, Kathy Schmidt; and his many nieces, nephews, and | ||||||
12 | cousins; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
14 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
15 | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Ben | ||||||
16 | C. Harpstrite; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of Ben Harpstrite as an expression of | ||||||
19 | our sympathy.
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