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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 Jack Thomas Skinner of Danville, who 
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passed away on February 12, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born April 5, 1923 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma to 
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Harry C. and Bessie McCallister Skinner; he married Irene 
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Middlemas on June 7, 1947 in Covington, Indiana; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He attended Danville High School and served in the 
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United States Army during World War II; he worked for Illinois 
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Power for 38 years as a forestry man; and he  belonged to the 
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was proud of being a life-long Democrat, a 
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Precinct Committeeman, and serving on the Vermilion County 
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Board from 1988-1994; he enjoyed time spent fishing at his 
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cabin on the Wabash, gardening, mushroom hunting, being an avid 
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St. Louis Cardinals fan, and playing softball and coaching his 
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children in baseball during his early life; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his loving wife; his 
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brothers, Louis Skinner and Harry Skinner; and his sisters, 
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Emma Sexton and Mildred Bridges; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Jack Thomas Skinner is survived by his three sons, 
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Gordon (Mary) Skinner, James (Julie) Skinner, and Kenneth 
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(Mimi) Skinner; his sister Viola Kacmar; his grandchildren, 
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Jack Skinner, Sarah Stahl, Kellie Kolb, Kristen Skinner, Parker 
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Sands, and Preston Skinner; his great-grandchildren, 
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Sebastian, Lorenzo, and Olivia; and several nieces and nephews; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Jack Thomas Skinner; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Jack Thomas Skinner as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.