Bill Text: IL SR0863 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Charles W. King of Edwardsville.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-08-19 - Resolution Adopted [SR0863 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0863-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 Charles W. "Bill" King of Edwardsville, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on August 5, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Bill King was born in Mt. Carmel on September 27, | ||||||
| 6 | 1934 to Dorothy (nee Steckler) and Charles Grover King; he | ||||||
| 7 | spent the first years of his life on his maternal grandparents' | ||||||
| 8 | farm and then moved with his parents during the World War II | ||||||
| 9 | years to Nashville, Tennessee; he graduated from Father Ryan | ||||||
| 10 | High School in Nashville and was then admitted to the | ||||||
| 11 | University of Notre Dame; he married Jean Marie Kendrick on | ||||||
| 12 | January 8, 1966 at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Normandy, | ||||||
| 13 | Missouri; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Bill King held many jobs in Nashville, including | ||||||
| 15 | working as a laborer-assistant "dynamite man", blasting rock | ||||||
| 16 | for sewer construction, and selling souvenirs at the Grand Ole | ||||||
| 17 | Opry, then held in the Ryman Auditorium, seeing all the great | ||||||
| 18 | performers of that era and once performing as Tom Sawyer in a | ||||||
| 19 | playhouse production with the late Mrs. Sarah Cannon, widely | ||||||
| 20 | known as "Minnie Pearl"; at Notre Dame, he was the Wing | ||||||
| 21 | Commander of the 300 Unit Air Force ROTC and received an award | ||||||
| 22 | from the American Legion; he worked his way through Notre Dame, | ||||||
| 23 | primarily as a promotional writer and member of the production | ||||||
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| 1 | crew at the CBS-TV affiliate in South Bend, WSBT-TV; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, After graduation from Notre Dame in 1956, Bill | ||||||
| 3 | King entered flight school in the United States Air Force, | ||||||
| 4 | graduating from single engine jet pilot training at Webb AFB, | ||||||
| 5 | Texas in 1957; he was then stationed in Germany, where he flew | ||||||
| 6 | multiple non-combat missions to all the NATO countries and | ||||||
| 7 | travelled widely in Europe; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Upon his discharge from the Air Force, Bill King | ||||||
| 9 | worked in St. Louis and then enrolled in St. Louis University | ||||||
| 10 | Law School, graduating in 1963; he first became a partner in | ||||||
| 11 | the law firm of Burroughs, Simpson & King in Edwardsville, | ||||||
| 12 | which later became the firm of Hepler Broom; he went into | ||||||
| 13 | private practice in 1970, and during his career, he tried over | ||||||
| 14 | 100 jury cases, representing a diversity of clients, including | ||||||
| 15 | individuals, physicians, insurance companies, and major | ||||||
| 16 | corporations; always generous with his time, he often did | ||||||
| 17 | pro-bono work for his friends, family, and people that fully | ||||||
| 18 | intended to pay him later; he was also an Assistant Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | Attorney General and the Edwardsville City Attorney under 4 | ||||||
| 20 | successive mayors; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Bill King's additional community leadership | ||||||
| 22 | included contributions as Chairman of the Edwardsville Zoning | ||||||
| 23 | Board, as President and Board Member of the Edwardsville YMCA, | ||||||
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| 1 | and as host of the "Legal Line" local radio program for 10 | ||||||
| 2 | years; he served with several churches and civic groups; though | ||||||
| 3 | his accomplishments were many, he was most proud of his family; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Bill King and his family travelled to all of the | ||||||
| 6 | lower 48 contiguous states and most of the Canadian provinces, | ||||||
| 7 | often with a canoe that he built from a kit strapped | ||||||
| 8 | precariously to the roof of their car; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Bill King was preceded in death by his parents; an | ||||||
| 10 | infant grandson, Mathew Thomas Arnold; and his sister-in-law, | ||||||
| 11 | Joan (Kendrick) Pope; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Bill King is survived by his wife, Jean; his 3 | ||||||
| 13 | children, Catherine D. Arnold, Daniel W. King (Suzy Beagen), | ||||||
| 14 | and Patrick J. King; his 9 grandchildren, Catherine's children, | ||||||
| 15 | Christopher, John-Patrick, and Cate Arnold; Daniel's children, | ||||||
| 16 | Katrina, Charlie, Brian, and Colleen King; and Patrick's | ||||||
| 17 | children, Iris and Rowan King; his sister, M. Suzanne Bires | ||||||
| 18 | (Jerry); his sisters-in-law, Mary Ann, Jane, and Cheri | ||||||
| 19 | Kendrick; his brothers-in-law, John and Dan Kendrick and David | ||||||
| 20 | Pope; his former son-in-law, Rick Arnold; and many dear nieces | ||||||
| 21 | and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 22 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
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| 1 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 2 | Charles W. "Bill" King, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 3 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 4 | further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the family of Bill King as an expression of our | ||||||
| 7 | deepest sympathy.
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