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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of D. Kent Trone of Troy, who passed away on 
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October 25, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, D. Kent Trone was born March 12, 1934, in Sheldons 
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Grove; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Trone served in the United States Army and 
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received an honorable discharge in 1962; he received his law 
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degree from the University of Illinois in 1960; he practiced 
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law in the Rushville and Edwardsville area for 37 years; during 
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that time, he served as attorney for the Village of Livingston 
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and the Livingston Sanitary District, as well as the village of 
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Marine and the Marine Sanitary District; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Trone was appointed as government appeal agent 
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for Local Board 166 of the Selective Service System in 
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Edwardsville, serving from 1965 to 1967; he was appointed as a 
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special assistant attorney general of the State of Illinois for 
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Madison County; he served as a trustee on the Board of Trustees 
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of Glen Carbon; he was appointed as an associate judge in 
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Madison County, serving from 1971 to 1975; after his 
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resignation as an associate judge in 1975, he returned to 
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private practice, continuing to work until he retired January 
 


 






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1, 1997; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Trone was licensed to practice law before the 
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Supreme Court of the United States, was a member of the 
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American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, 
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and the Madison County Bar Association; and

 
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    WHEREAS, D. Kent Trone was preceded in death by his 
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parents, Doane G. Trone and Mabel (Ray) Trone; and his brother, 
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Robert E.L. Trone; he is survived by his wife, Kay, nee Embrey, 
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Trone; his son, Mark D. (Toni) Trone; his daughter, Christine 
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K. (Scott) Stinnett; his grandchildren, Jordan and Lily Trone 
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and Noah and Tanner Stinnett; and his brother, Dennis 
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(Elizabeth) Trone; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of D. Kent Trone; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of D. Kent Trone as a symbol of our 
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sympathy.