Bill Text: IL SR2458 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of John Dale Stobbs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR2458 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2458-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 John Dale Stobbs, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | November 23, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, John Stobbs was born in Alton to John and Myrtle | ||||||
6 | (Uphoff) Stobbs on November 28, 1932; he graduated from St. | ||||||
7 | Mary's Grade School and Marquette High School in Alton, where | ||||||
8 | he was class president; during his junior year at Marquette, he | ||||||
9 | was elected to be the national president of Junior Achievement, | ||||||
10 | and during his senior year he traveled throughout the country | ||||||
11 | in that capacity; he earned a scholarship to St. Louis | ||||||
12 | University, where he received his undergraduate and law degrees | ||||||
13 | in 1956 with honors; he received his Master of Laws from | ||||||
14 | Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1958; during law | ||||||
15 | school, he served on the Law Journal and was a member of the | ||||||
16 | Order of the Coif; he married Mary DeCicco in Washington, D.C. | ||||||
17 | on November 28, 1959; and
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18 | WHEREAS, John Stobbs enlisted in the United States Air | ||||||
19 | Force and served in the Judge Advocate General Corps until his | ||||||
20 | retirement as a full Colonel in 1989; he attended and completed | ||||||
21 | studies at the prestigious Air War College in Huntsville, | ||||||
22 | Alabama; and
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1 | WHEREAS, John Stobbs worked for the United States | ||||||
2 | Department of Justice, where his first case reached the United | ||||||
3 | States Supreme Court; after working for several years as a | ||||||
4 | trial attorney with the Justice Department, he returned home to | ||||||
5 | Alton, where he practiced law for over 50 years and was a | ||||||
6 | partner in the Stobbs and Sinclair Law Firm; he served as a | ||||||
7 | special Assistant State's Attorney under Raleigh Griffith in | ||||||
8 | the early 1970s, where he was specially appointed to prosecute | ||||||
9 | corruption cases; he had a perfect record of 14 convictions and | ||||||
10 | no losses in the cases that proceeded to trial; and
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11 | WHEREAS, John Stobbs was a member of several organizations, | ||||||
12 | including the American Legion, the Madison County Bar | ||||||
13 | Association (Treasurer), the Illinois and Missouri State Bar | ||||||
14 | Associations, the Seventh and Eighth Circuit Federal Courts of | ||||||
15 | Appeals, the United States Supreme Court, the Marquette High | ||||||
16 | School Renaissance Society, the Illinois Appellate Lawyers | ||||||
17 | Association (Vice-President), and the American Trial Lawyers | ||||||
18 | Association; and
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19 | WHEREAS, John Stobbs was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
20 | his son-in-law, Gerard Riordan; and his grandson, Stephen | ||||||
21 | "Danny" Stobbs; and
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22 | WHEREAS, John Stobbs is survived by his wife, Mary; his | ||||||
23 | children, Tracey Stobbs Riordan, Monica Jude Stobbs, Elizabeth |
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1 | Dunn Stobbs, John Dale (Rosario) Stobbs II, Mary Jennifer | ||||||
2 | Margarida, Stephen (Katie) Stobbs, and Kathryn (Don) | ||||||
3 | Santellano; 15 grandchildren; and his sister, Janice Brown; | ||||||
4 | therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
7 | John Dale Stobbs, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
8 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
9 | further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to the family of John Stobbs as an expression of our | ||||||
12 | deepest sympathy.
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