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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Robert Chase "Bob" McAllister, formerly 
4of Danvers, who passed away on April 12, 2020; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Bob McAllister was born in Galesburg to John 
6Howard and Marie A. Smith McAllister on March 23, 1936; he 
7graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1954; he earned a 
8Bachelor of Arts from Knox College in 1958 and a Master of Arts 
9in 1960; he worked as a research associate at Northwestern 
10University from April 1960 to May 1961, when he was called to 
11serve in the military; he married Beverly Sampson at Greenview 
12Christian Church on June 18, 1961; he served in the U.S. Army 
13from 1961 to 1963; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Alongside his brother John A., Bob McAllister 
15co-owned and operated Danvers Lumber Company, which their 
16father purchased in 1956; he and his brother also owned and 
17operated the McAllister Lumber Company in Minier from 1979 to 
181995; prior to retirement, he completed his time in the lumber 
19business with the Hundman Lumber Company in Bloomington; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Bob McAllister was a member of Minier Christian 
21Church, where he sang in the worship choir and was an adult 
22Sunday school teacher; he was involved in a number of 
 
 
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1organizations, including the Christian Church Campus Ministry 
2Board at Illinois State University, the Danvers Lions Club, the 
3Danvers Lodge AF & AM 742, the Danvers Advisory Council, the 
4Olympia Advisory Council, and the Minier Association of 
5Commerce; he served as the Danvers Township clerk and as 
6co-chairman of the Danvers Bicentennial Committee; he played 
7trombone in the Danvers Town Band for over 50 years; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Bob McAllister truly enjoyed conversation, 
9spending time with his family, and seeing this great country; 
10and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Bob McAllister was preceded in death by his 
12parents; an infant sister; his brother, John A.; and an infant 
13daughter, Roberta; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Bob McAllister is survived by his wife; his 
15children, Phyllis (David) Eversole, Sharon (John) Neeley, and 
16James (Jennifer Deigl) McAllister; his grandchildren, Lauren 
17(Adam) Tomlinson, Amanda (Caleb) Bent, Grace (Jake) Simons, 
18Michael Neeley, Adelle McAllister, and Henry McAllister; his 
19great-grandsons, Nathanael Tomlinson and Caleb Tomlinson; and 
20his sister-in-law, Dalene McAllister; therefore, be it
  
 
21    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
22ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
 
 
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1Robert Chase "Bob" McAllister and extend our sincere 
2condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
3him; and be it further
  
 
4    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
5presented to the family of Bob McAllister as an expression of 
6our deepest sympathy.