Bill Text: IL SR1226 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Jack Wesley Knott.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1226 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1226-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 Jack Wesley Knott of St. Joseph, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on June 13, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jack Knott was born in Urbana to Hiram Wesley | ||||||
| 6 | Knott Jr. and Marian Louise Wood Knott on June 18, 1940; he | ||||||
| 7 | grew up near Kolb Park in St. Joseph; he graduated from St. | ||||||
| 8 | Joseph High School in 1959, where he was a choir member and | ||||||
| 9 | participated in the state vocal contest; he attended Champaign | ||||||
| 10 | Commercial College in 1962; he married Barbara Gale Maddock at | ||||||
| 11 | St. Joseph Church of Christ on August 17, 1963; he served in | ||||||
| 12 | the Illinois National Guard from 1963 to 1969 as a staff | ||||||
| 13 | sergeant in the 1144th Transportation Battalion, and he | ||||||
| 14 | completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Jack Knott worked as a computing supervisor in the | ||||||
| 16 | Computing Service Office at the University of Illinois from | ||||||
| 17 | 1963 to 1997; he owned a jewelry store in the Lando Place Mall | ||||||
| 18 | on campus for several years; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Jack Knott was actively involved in the St. Joseph | ||||||
| 20 | community and was a member of the St. Joseph Civil Defense and | ||||||
| 21 | the St. Joseph Lions Club; he served on the St. Joseph Township | ||||||
| 22 | Swearingen Memorial Library Board and the Mount Olive Cemetery | ||||||
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| 1 | Association Board; he was co-chairman of the 1972 St. Joseph | ||||||
| 2 | Centennial; he was a member of St. Joseph Church of Christ; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Jack Knott enjoyed spending time taking care of | ||||||
| 4 | others, including his parents, his numerous great-aunts, and | ||||||
| 5 | his grandchildren; he also enjoyed spending time with the | ||||||
| 6 | McDonald's Coffee Group, his cat Sadie, going to the Casey's in | ||||||
| 7 | St. Joseph, having breakfast at Henk's, and attending any | ||||||
| 8 | events in which his grandchildren Riley and Hayden were | ||||||
| 9 | involved; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Jack Knott was an excellent singer, and he | ||||||
| 11 | performed hundreds of times at weddings, funerals, and nursing | ||||||
| 12 | homes; he was known as a people person and will be remembered | ||||||
| 13 | for leaving countless smiles on people's faces; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Jack Knott was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
| 15 | his grandparents, John Bluford Wood and Ella Wood; his brother, | ||||||
| 16 | James B. Knott; and his sister-in-law, Patricia M. Knott; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Jack Knott is survived by his wife; his sons, | ||||||
| 18 | Gregory John Knott (Brooke) and Kevin Wesley Knott (Julie); his | ||||||
| 19 | grandchildren, Riley Knott and Hayden Knott; and his numerous | ||||||
| 20 | cousins; therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
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| 1 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 2 | Jack Wesley Knott and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 3 | 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 Jack Knott as an expression of our | ||||||
| 7 | deepest sympathy.
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