Bill Text: IL SR0716 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Harry Culbertson Armstrong of Glen Carbon.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR0716 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0716-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 Harry Culbertson Armstrong of Glen | ||||||
4 | Carbon, who passed away on June 29, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Harry Armstrong was born in Delavan to Benjamin | ||||||
6 | Pearl and Marie Armstrong (Meeker) on January 19, 1932; he | ||||||
7 | graduated from Delavan High School in 1949 and earned his | ||||||
8 | Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Law at the University of | ||||||
9 | Illinois in 1953; he earned his Juris Doctorate from the | ||||||
10 | University of Illinois School of Law in 1955 and was admitted | ||||||
11 | to the Illinois Bar that same year; he married Marylyn Allgood | ||||||
12 | on October 4, 1956 and served as a J.A.G. officer in the United | ||||||
13 | States Air Force in Korea in the late 1950s; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Harry Armstrong settled in Edwardsville, where he | ||||||
15 | entered into the practice of law with James L. Reed; he became | ||||||
16 | a partner of Reed, Armstrong and Gorman for the rest of his 55 | ||||||
17 | year career, retiring in 2011; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Harry Armstrong likely set the record for the most | ||||||
19 | jury trials tried to verdict in the State of Illinois; he and | ||||||
20 | his long-time partner and friend, the late James E. Gorman, set | ||||||
21 | the record for the most jury trials tried to verdict in the | ||||||
22 | State of Illinois by two members of the same firm; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Harry Armstrong was a member of the American Bar | ||||||
2 | Association and the Illinois State Bar Association; he was a | ||||||
3 | former President of the Madison County Bar Association and a | ||||||
4 | Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Harry Armstrong's passions included his family, | ||||||
6 | the law, his dogs, and traveling; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Harry Armstrong was preceded in death by his | ||||||
8 | parents; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Harry Armstrong is survived by his wife of 60 | ||||||
10 | years, Marylyn; his sister, Marilyn Hart (Bob); his children, | ||||||
11 | Tad Armstrong (Mel), Pam Stullken (Bill), and Amy Ducharme | ||||||
12 | (Derek); his grandchildren, Ben Armstrong, Beth White, Ian | ||||||
13 | Thomas, Meghan Grimmer, Megan Madrid, Hans Stullken, Wolfgang | ||||||
14 | Stullken, Ashlee Ducharme, and Harry Ducharme; and his | ||||||
15 | great-grandchildren, Gabby White, Maddy White, Emerson Thomas, | ||||||
16 | Gracie Grimmer, Dean Grimmer, Willem Madrid, Sebastian Madrid, | ||||||
17 | Bella Stullken, and Violet Stullken; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
20 | Harry Culbertson Armstrong, and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
21 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be |
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1 | it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
3 | presented to the family of Harry Armstrong as an expression of | ||||||
4 | our deepest sympathy.
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