Bill Text: IL SR0017 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Chris Knapp of Danville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-12 - Resolution Adopted [SR0017 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0017-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Chris Knapp of Danville, who passed away | ||||||
4 | on November 12, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp was born in Danville to Melvin and | ||||||
6 | June (Grubb) Feezor on December 22, 1954; she married Doug | ||||||
7 | Knapp
at Danville First Assembly on November 17, 1973; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp finished cosmetology school before | ||||||
9 | she even graduated high school and worked as a hair stylist for | ||||||
10 | many years; she worked at Elite
Style & Color, J.C. Penny | ||||||
11 | Salon, and Creative Designs in Danville; she and her husband | ||||||
12 | established Express Packaging Service & U-Haul in Danville in | ||||||
13 | 1996; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp volunteered with many organizations, | ||||||
15 | including Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society and | ||||||
16 | Service International, helping provide disaster relief; she | ||||||
17 | also
volunteered at the Danville Women's Care Clinic, where she | ||||||
18 | loved watching the children and was deemed the
"baby whisperer" | ||||||
19 | because she could always tell what the children needed in order | ||||||
20 | to calm them down; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp enjoyed gardening, decorating, |
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1 | shopping, and meeting new people; most of all, she was a | ||||||
2 | cheerful giver and enjoyed countless interactions with people | ||||||
3 | she met; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp possessed many wonderful attributes; | ||||||
5 | her greatest one being that she lived to serve others; she | ||||||
6 | possessed a quite and reassuring strength with her ministry of | ||||||
7 | presence and servanthood and joined her husband in the ministry | ||||||
8 | in 2006 in the New Life Christian Center; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp was preceded in death by her father, | ||||||
10 | Melvin Feezor; her stepfather, Joseph Bannon; her nephew, Ryan | ||||||
11 | Feezor; and her father-in-law,
Robert D. Knapp; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp is survived by her husband, Doug; her | ||||||
13 | mother, June Feezor-Bannon; her mother-in-law, Bonnie
(Doug) | ||||||
14 | Knapp; her children, Robert (Heather) Knapp, David Knapp, and | ||||||
15 | Stephanie (Adam)
Sexton; her brothers, Timothy (Reta) Feezor, | ||||||
16 | and Brian (Michelle) Feezor; her grandchildren, Tristan, | ||||||
17 | Kylie, Harden, Kaden, Karter, Rylan, Conner, and Rhett; her | ||||||
18 | nieces, April (Brett) Kuras, Ashley (Devon)
Meadows, and Kelsey | ||||||
19 | and Brianne Feezor; her nephews, Daniel and Ian Feezor; and | ||||||
20 | several great-nieces
and nephews; therefore, be it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
22 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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1 | Chris Knapp, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | ||||||
2 | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
4 | presented to the family of Chris Knapp as an expression of our | ||||||
5 | deepest sympathy.
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