Bill Text: IL SR0614 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of James Clement "Jim" Murray II of The Villages, Florida.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-01-17 - Resolution Adopted [SR0614 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0614-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of James Clement "Jim" Murray II of The | ||||||
| 4 | Villages, Florida, who passed away on October 8, 2023; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jim Murray was born in Evanston on August 15, | ||||||
| 6 | 1937; he graduated from St. Charles High School in St. Charles | ||||||
| 7 | in 1955; he earned his Bachelor of Science in Animal Husbandry | ||||||
| 8 | from Iowa State University in 1959; he married Dorsey Dee | ||||||
| 9 | Spearing in Mundelein on July 5, 1963; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Jim Murray held a decades-long career in | ||||||
| 11 | agricultural and commercial real estate; he founded Murray | ||||||
| 12 | Commercial in St. Charles; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Jim Murray had rewarding associations with Future | ||||||
| 14 | Farmers of America, ROTC, the U.S. Army, and The Chicago | ||||||
| 15 | Farmers; he served as chairman of the Community Hospital in | ||||||
| 16 | Geneva and was instrumental in the merger of Community | ||||||
| 17 | Hospital in Geneva and Delnor Hospital in St. Charles, now | ||||||
| 18 | known as Northwestern Medicine; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Jim Murray loved his family, his friends, his | ||||||
| 20 | country, and cruising Penobscot Bay in Maine; he was very | ||||||
| 21 | proud of his grandchildren's accomplishments and work ethic; | ||||||
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Jim Murray was known for his wonderful smile and | ||||||
| 3 | sense of humor; he will be remembered for living by his own | ||||||
| 4 | edict; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jim Murray was preceded in death by his parents, | ||||||
| 6 | John Robert Murray and Coralee Whitsett Murray; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Jim Murray is survived by his wife, Dorsey Dee; | ||||||
| 8 | his children, Tara Elizabeth Murray and James Clement "Jace" | ||||||
| 9 | Murray III; his daughter-in-law, Kathy Murray; his | ||||||
| 10 | grandchildren, John Robert and Paige Elizabeth Murray; and his | ||||||
| 11 | sister, Joan Murray Webster; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | James Clement "Jim" Murray II and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 15 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 16 | him; and be it further
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