Bill Text: IL SR1698 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ralph D. Glenn of Mattoon.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR1698 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR1698-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 Ralph D. Glenn of Mattoon, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on April 6, 2018; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn was born in Lexington to Robert and | ||||||
6 | Thelma (Derry) Glenn on October 15, 1929; he graduated from | ||||||
7 | Yorkville High School in 1947 and attended college at Illinois | ||||||
8 | Wesleyan University from 1947 to 1949, where he played football | ||||||
9 | and baseball; he earned his bachelor's degree and his Juris | ||||||
10 | Doctor from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; he | ||||||
11 | was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1953 and served in the U.S. | ||||||
12 | Army from 1953 to 1955; he completed his initial training at | ||||||
13 | Ft. Riley, Kansas and then served as an intelligence officer | ||||||
14 | and investigator with the Army's Counter Intelligence Corps at | ||||||
15 | Ft. Holabird in Maryland; he was recognized as an Outstanding | ||||||
16 | Trainee at Ft. Riley and received a commendation for exemplary | ||||||
17 | service from the Counter Intelligence Corps; he married Shirley | ||||||
18 | Rudman on September 10, 1955; and
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19 | WHEREAS, In 1955, Ralph Glenn and Shirley moved to Mattoon, | ||||||
20 | and Ralph joined the law firm of Craig & Craig; he became an | ||||||
21 | assistant state's attorney in 1958; in 1960, he was elected | ||||||
22 | State's Attorney of Coles County, a position he held until | ||||||
23 | 1968; he published Illinois Misdemeanor Forms, a book widely |
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1 | used by area prosecutors at that time; in 1966, he co-founded | ||||||
2 | the Glenn & Logue Law Firm; in 1968, he was chosen to serve as | ||||||
3 | president of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association; he | ||||||
4 | continued practicing law until the end of 2014, when he retired | ||||||
5 | after a 59-year career; during his career, he argued cases at | ||||||
6 | the Circuit, Appellate, and Supreme Court levels, as well as | ||||||
7 | before the U.S. District and U.S. Tax Courts; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn coached local youth baseball teams and | ||||||
9 | served as the Commissioner for Mattoon's Jaycee Baseball League | ||||||
10 | for 20 years; he received the Pop Warner Award, and in 1967, | ||||||
11 | the baseball field at Vanlaningham Park was named the Ralph | ||||||
12 | Glenn Field; early in his life, he was named Young Man of the | ||||||
13 | Year by the Mattoon Chamber of Commerce; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn was a member of the Central Community | ||||||
15 | Church, the First Presbyterian Church, the Mattoon Jaycees, the | ||||||
16 | Association of Commerce, the American Legion, and the Moose | ||||||
17 | Club; he served on the E-7 Hospital Association Board from 1970 | ||||||
18 | to 1979, which oversaw the development, organization, | ||||||
19 | administration, and opening of the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health | ||||||
20 | Center in 1977; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn was a member of the Mattoon Golf & | ||||||
22 | Country Club for many years and enjoyed playing golf with his | ||||||
23 | wife and in men's leagues; on two occasions, he shot holes in |
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1 | one on the club course; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn was a lifelong fan of the Chicago | ||||||
3 | Cubs, and he often told the story of how he and a group of ten | ||||||
4 | friends traveled in one car, slept overnight on the sidewalk | ||||||
5 | outside of Wrigley Field, and then paid $1 each for bleacher | ||||||
6 | seats to attend game 7 of the 1945 World Series against the | ||||||
7 | Detroit Tigers; 71 years later, he was watching with his family | ||||||
8 | from his home in Mattoon as his beloved Cubs won the World | ||||||
9 | Series in 2016; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
11 | his wife, Shirley; his brothers, Robert and Howard Glenn; his | ||||||
12 | sisters, Dorothy Felker and Mary Quinton; and his sons-in-law, | ||||||
13 | Bruce Scott Doty and Clifford Brown; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Ralph Glenn is survived by his children, James | ||||||
15 | (Laura) Glenn, Michael (Bridgit) Glenn, Cheryl (Douglas) | ||||||
16 | Meyer, and Sharon Brown; his grandchildren, Kyle Glenn, Lindsey | ||||||
17 | Glenn, Michelle (Luke) Wilson, Miranda (Jeremy) Sullivan, | ||||||
18 | Kevin Glenn, Andi Glenn, Andrew Meyer, Todd Meyer, Christina | ||||||
19 | Meyer, and Nicholas Doty; his great-grandchild, Maddie | ||||||
20 | Sullivan; and his sister, Lois Murray; therefore, be it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
22 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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1 | Ralph D. Glenn, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
2 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
3 | further
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4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
5 | presented to the family of Ralph Glenn as an expression of our | ||||||
6 | deepest sympathy.
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