Bill Text: IL SR0675 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Archie H. McCallister of Rantoul
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR0675 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0675-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 Archie H. McCallister of Rantoul, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on September 8, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Archie McCallister was born in Prospect to Roy I. | ||||||
| 6 | and Velma (Taylor) McCallister on June 22, 1941; he married | ||||||
| 7 | Carol Sommer at Bethany Park Christian Church in Rantoul on | ||||||
| 8 | December 12, 1969; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Archie McCallister had many jobs in his lifetime; | ||||||
| 10 | in his early years, he worked at Johnson's Ace Hardware; he | ||||||
| 11 | worked at Kraft Foods for ten years, where he served as a | ||||||
| 12 | transport driver; he then worked as a deputy in the Fugitive | ||||||
| 13 | Apprehension Division of the Champaign County Sheriff's Office | ||||||
| 14 | for 24 years; he served as a trustee on the Rantoul Village | ||||||
| 15 | Board from 1985 until 1997; he ran for mayor in 1997; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Archie McCallister was a member of Maranatha | ||||||
| 17 | Baptist Church in Rantoul; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Archie McCallister was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 19 | parents; his brothers, Jesse Childress and Leonard, Kenneth, | ||||||
| 20 | and Larry McCallister; and two sisters, Shirley Schoonover and | ||||||
| 21 | Virginia Brunner; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Archie McCallister is survived by his wife, Carol; | ||||||
| 2 | his sons, Matthew (Cheryl) McCallister and Mark (MaryJean) | ||||||
| 3 | McCallister; and his daughter, Amanda (Jeff) Helander; his | ||||||
| 4 | daughters from a previous marriage, Becky and Patti; his | ||||||
| 5 | grandchildren, Shelby (Boe) Stingley, Colin McCallister, | ||||||
| 6 | Alanna and Alivia Brown, and EmmiLynne, Lucas, and AnnaLena | ||||||
| 7 | McCallister; and his sister, Jerry Kay Steiger; therefore, be | ||||||
| 8 | it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 11 | Archie H. McCallister and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 12 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Archie McCallister as an expression | ||||||
| 16 | of our deepest sympathy.
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