Bill Text: IL SR0853 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Bentley Kahne Wolfe.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2026-06-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR0853 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-SR0853-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 Bentley Kahne Wolfe, who passed away | ||||||
| 4 | on March 6, 2026; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Bentley Wolfe was born in Terre Haute, Indiana to | ||||||
| 6 | Jacob and Samantha (Fletcher) Wolfe on April 3, 2010; he | ||||||
| 7 | attended Chrisman High School, where he played basketball for | ||||||
| 8 | the Cardinals and baseball for the Georgetown-Ridge Farm High | ||||||
| 9 | School Buffaloes; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Bentley Wolfe was a member of the Chrisman High | ||||||
| 11 | School chapter of the Future Farmers of America and enjoyed | ||||||
| 12 | farming and tractors, trucks, guns, four-wheelers, and being | ||||||
| 13 | with his friends and girlfriend; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Bentley Wolfe was known for his positive and | ||||||
| 15 | loving demeanor; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Bentley Wolfe's friends started #LLBW (Love Like | ||||||
| 17 | Bentley Wolfe), and a vigil was held at Chrisman High School on | ||||||
| 18 | March 6, 2026, where hundreds of members of the community wore | ||||||
| 19 | green to honor and remember him; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Bentley Wolfe was preceded in death by his | ||||||
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| 1 | grandfather, Charles Wolfe, and his great-grandparents, John | ||||||
| 2 | and Shirley Fletcher; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Bentley Wolfe is survived by his parents; his | ||||||
| 4 | sisters, Morgan Simpson, Lucy Wolfe, Hadley Wolfe, Madalynn | ||||||
| 5 | Wolfe, and Londyn Krabel; his brothers, Ely Wolfe and Ty | ||||||
| 6 | Krabel; his grandparents, Mike and Laura Fletcher and Harry | ||||||
| 7 | and Carissa Wiseman; his great-grandparents, Chuck and Kay | ||||||
| 8 | Wolfe; his great-grandmother, Shirley Harvey; his girlfriend, | ||||||
| 9 | Randi Rollings; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, | ||||||
| 10 | teammates, and friends; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | Bentley Kahne Wolfe and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 14 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further | ||||||
| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of Bentley Wolfe as an expression of | ||||||
| 18 | our deepest sympathy. | ||||||
