Bill Text: IL SR0041 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Kenneth Paul Rittenhouse Sr. of Bloomington.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-01-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR0041 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0041-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 Kenneth Paul "Ken" Rittenhouse Sr. of | ||||||
| 4 | Bloomington, who passed away on January 12, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Ken Rittenhouse was born in Streator to Glenn and | ||||||
| 6 | Harriet Murphy Rittenhouse on June 21, 1947; he married Carolyn | ||||||
| 7 | McClure in Urbana on September 16, 1972; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Ken Rittenhouse worked for Illini Aviation in | ||||||
| 9 | Urbana until 1973 when he purchased Clark Aviation in | ||||||
| 10 | Bloomington (Image Air); he had over 25,000 flight hours and | ||||||
| 11 | held certificates for flight/ground instructor, commercial | ||||||
| 12 | (sea and helicopter), and airline transport pilot; he was owner | ||||||
| 13 | of AmbuAir, ExecAir, Mid America Aviation Sales, and Image Air | ||||||
| 14 | Petroleum; he was also responsible for flights for organ | ||||||
| 15 | recovery for many years and was a flight instructor and mentor | ||||||
| 16 | to many pilots over the years; he also held a master merchant | ||||||
| 17 | mariner license; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Ken Rittenhouse was a member of Centennial | ||||||
| 19 | Christian Church in Bloomington; he loved boating and playing | ||||||
| 20 | golf; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Ken Rittenhouse was preceded in death by his | ||||||
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| 1 | parents and his sister, Ann Buchta; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Ken Rittenhouse is survived by his wife, Carolyn; | ||||||
| 3 | his children, Kenneth Paul (Kellie) Rittenhouse Jr., Kevin Neal | ||||||
| 4 | Rittenhouse, and Heather Causer (Allan Kolak); and his | ||||||
| 5 | grandchildren, Daniel Rittenhouse, Brandon Causer, and Emma | ||||||
| 6 | DeVoe; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 9 | Kenneth Paul "Ken" Rittenhouse Sr. and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 10 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 11 | him; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Ken Rittenhouse as an expression of | ||||||
| 14 | our deepest sympathy.
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