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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of L. Milton McClure of Springfield, who 
4passed away on July 12, 2019; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Milton McClure was born in Chicago to Lloyd Milton 
6and Margaret Steadman McClure on August 23, 1941; he graduated 
7from Beardstown High School in 1959, from the University of 
8Illinois with a degree in accountancy, and from the University 
9of Illinois College of Law; he was a member of the Sigma Chi 
10Fraternity and was named a Significant Sig in 2012; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Milton McClure worked as a CPA for the Arthur 
12Anderson Accounting Firm in Chicago before he was called into 
13service in the U.S. Army;  he served in Vietnam, earning a 
14Bronze Star; he then returned to Beardstown, where he joined 
15the family law firm and practiced law for 45 years, retiring in 
162014; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Milton McClure was a member of Cass Lodge #23 A.F. &
18 A.M. in Beardstown, serving as Master of the Lodge in 1983, 
19the  ANSAR Shrine, serving as Potentate in 2000, and the Royal 
20Order of Jesters; he was a member of the First United Methodist 
21Church in Beardstown and an associate member of the First 
22United Methodist Church in Springfield; he was a certified lay 
 
 
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1speaker for the United Methodist Church; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Milton McClure was preceded in death by his 
3parents and his son, L. Matthew McClure; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Milton McClure is survived by his wife of 42 
5years, Suzanne (Monts) McClure; his children, Merredith (Alan) 
6Dodds, Lloyd M. "Trey" (Dhey) McClure, and Kelly (Eric) Grady; 
7his grandchildren, Benjamin Dodds, Caroline Dodds, and Carlee 
8and Camryn Grady; his brother, George S. (Wyllia) McClure; and 
9several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
12L. Milton McClure and extend our sincere condolences to his 
13family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
14further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to  the family of  Milton McClure as an expression of 
17our deepest sympathy.