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LRB094 06700 CSA 36797 r |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, James Paul Kellstedt, formerly of Peoria and a |
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| former Peoria County state's attorney, passed away on January |
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| 9, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born June 28, 1918 in Burlington, Iowa to |
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| Carl P. and Florence Nugren Kellstedt; he married Muriel F. |
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| Farrow in 1941 in Peoria; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a World War II Army veteran; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended Bradley and Northwestern universities |
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| and graduated from Northwestern School of Law; a member of the |
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| Illinois and Massachusetts state bar associations, he was a |
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| lawyer, owning his own practice, Kellstedt Law Offices; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as Peoria County state's attorney from |
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| 1952 to 1956; he also was a former assistant attorney general |
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| for the Federal Bankruptcy Court in Peoria, and served as |
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| Richwood Township attorney for more than 10 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church |
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| in Peoria; he was a former member of Mount Hawley Country Club, |
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| the Creve Coeur Club, and the University Club; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son, James Jr., |
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| and his sister; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of James Paul Kellstedt is felt by all |
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| who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Muriel; his |
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| daughter, Jenny Kellstedt; and his brother, Lyman (Charmaine); |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |