Full Text of SR0484 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Reverend Paul D. Bandit of Moline, who | 4 | | passed away on April 25, 2017; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Bendit was born in Chicago to Paul Sr. and | 6 | | Claudia Thoma Bendit on November 29, 1926; he attended music | 7 | | school in Chicago and graduated with a Master of Divinity from | 8 | | the Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis on June 14, 1954; he | 9 | | was a veteran of the United States Army and proudly served in | 10 | | The Philippines; he married Ruth Sponsel in Hamilton, Ohio on | 11 | | September 26, 1954 and later married Ivola "Ivy" E. James | 12 | | Talbert in Moline on September 21, 2009; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Bendit served at United Church of Christ | 14 | | churches in Wells and Lester Prairie, Minnesota; Monticello, | 15 | | Iowa; Tiffin, Ohio; Lebanon, Indiana; Hartington, Nebraska; | 16 | | and Savannah; in Moline, he served as pastor and Sunday school | 17 | | teacher for United Church of Christ, and was a member of First | 18 | | United Presbyterian Church; and; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Bendit enjoyed both indoor and outdoor | 20 | | gardening, square dancing, traveling, and listening to | 21 | | classical music; he enjoyed reading his theology book | 22 | | collection and liked fixing just about anything with his tools; |
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| 1 | | he loved music, theater, good food, and the occasional glass of | 2 | | red wine; he enjoyed playing cards, Scrabble, and had a big | 3 | | sweet tooth; he will be remembered and missed as a loving | 4 | | husband, father, leader, protector, and most memorably, as a | 5 | | role model; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Bendit was preceded in death by his parents; | 7 | | his first wife, Ruth; and his sister, Lynette Bendit; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Bendit is survived by his wife, Ivy; his | 9 | | sons, Mark A. (Becky L.) Bendit, and Stephen J. Bendit; his | 10 | | sisters, Katherine Hein, and Claudette (Howard) Ponder; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Reverend Paul D. Bandit, and extend our sincere condolences to | 15 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Rev. Bendit as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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