Bill Text: IL SR0416 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ralph Tracy Turner of Normal.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-17 - Resolution Adopted [SR0416 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SR0416-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Ralph Tracy Turner of Normal, who passed
away on May 7, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Turner was born in Lincoln to James B. and
Katherine Eleanor (Witham) Turner on May 27, 1946; he graduated
from McLean High School in 1964 and Tulane University in 1968,
where he played collegiate baseball for two years and spent his
junior year in Bristol, England, which led to a lifelong
passion for travel; he received his master's degree in
political science from Illinois State University in 1970 and a
juris doctor of law from the University of Illinois College of
Law in 1973; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Turner returned to Bloomington in 1973 to
practice law; in 1977, he founded the Luedtke, Hartweg and
Turner law firm, eventually Hartweg, Turner, Wood & DeVary; he
was the managing partner of his firm for 31 years and was
respected and admired for his skill as a lawyer, his service as
a citizen, and his dedication to his profession; for over 25
years, he taught probate law to paralegal and pre-law students
at Illinois State University; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Turner was a Life Fellow of the American Bar

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Foundation and the Illinois Bar Foundation; he was a past
member of the Board of Governors of the McLean County Bar
Association and a long-serving member of the Board of Directors
and past chairman (1994-95) of the Illinois Institute of
Continuing Legal Education; he enjoyed serving the American Bar
Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Board
of Directors of the McLean County Bar Association; he served as
chair of the ABA's Young Lawyers Committee (1981-82), chair of
the ABA's Decedents Estates Administration Committee
(1987-1993), and chair of the Agriculture Committee of the
ABA's Section of Taxation (1988-89); in 1994, he was elected as
a Fellow to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel;
in 2009, the McLean County Bar Association awarded him the
Lincoln Award of Excellence; and
WHEREAS, For over 20 years, Ralph Turner served in a
variety of roles with BroMenn Healthcare; he served on the
boards of the BroMenn Foundation and the BroMenn Physicians
Medical Corp; he was chair of the BroMenn Healthcare Systems
Board of Directors (2009-2010) and helped guide BroMenn from a
standalone healthcare system through its merger with Advocate
Health Systems, later serving as chairman of the Advocate
BroMenn Governing Council (2010); and
WHEREAS, Ralph Turner was an active member of the
Bloomington Kiwanis Club, serving as president in 1990-91; he

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particularly enjoyed supporting Camp Limberlost; he was a
member of Second Presbyterian Church for over 45 years, serving
as an elder and chair of the Board of Trustees; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Turner enjoyed his Sunday golf games with
friends; he looked forward to meeting every week with his men's
small group and his Saturday breakfast group; his greatest joy
was spending time with his children and grandchildren at the
family farm in McLean, in New Orleans, on Longboat Key, or
visiting them in New York and California; he relished his many
travels in the U.S. and abroad, exploring the world; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Turner was preceded in death by his parents
and his brother-in-law, Roger Miller; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Turner is survived by his daughters,
Christine (Eduardo Moreno), Ashley, and Andrea (Steven
Moffitt); his grandchildren, Hayden and Grayson Moffitt, with a
third due in late May; his step-grandchildren, Eddie and Josue
Moreno; his sisters, Susan (Kenneth) Walden, Nancy Miller, Ann
Turner, and Alice (Richard) Girdler; his close friend, Martha
Mitchell; his former wife, Karyn Pitts Turner; and many nieces
and nephews and their children; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

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Ralph Tracy Turner and extend our sincere condolences to his
family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Ralph Turner as an expression of our
deepest sympathy.