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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of John Robert Bagley of Pekin, who
4passed away on June 10, 2023; and
 
5    WHEREAS, John Bagley was born to Chester and Edna Mae
6(Harper) Bagley in Kirksville, Missouri on June 24, 1937; he
7attended Kirksville public schools and graduated from
8Kirksville High School in 1955; he received his Bachelor of
9Arts in Economics from the University of Missouri at Columbia
10in 1959, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity,
11Scabbard & Bladewhile, and the baseball program; he later
12tried out for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1960; he married Mary
13Laura Frings at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pekin on
14January 28, 1961; he earned his Juris Doctor from the
15University of Michigan in 1962; he was inducted into service
16in the U.S. Army at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, and he served honorably
17from June 1962 to October 1965; he attained the rank of captain
18and served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps; and
 
19    WHEREAS, John Bagley was admitted to the Missouri Bar in
201962 and the Illinois Bar in 1966; he began practicing law in
21Pekin in November 1965; he became a partner in the firm of
22Frings, Hoffman & Bagley in 1967, which subsequently became
23Bagley & Miller with the addition of Louis E. Miller; his areas

 

 

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1of concentration were banking law, estate planning, and
2corporate law; he served as corporate counsel, director, and
3shareholder of the Herget Financial Corporation and Herget
4National Bank from 1977 until its sale in 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, John Bagley was a member of the Illinois State
6Bar Association and the Missouri Bar Association; he belonged
7to the Tazewell County Bar Association and served as its
8president in from 1972 to 1973; he was a member of the Pekin
9Country Club and was a past member of its Board of Governors;
10he was also a member of the Olde Florida Golf Club in Naples,
11Florida, where he spent the winter months; he served as
12uncompensated counsel for the St. Paul United Church of
13Christ, the Tazewell Animal Protective Society, Tazewell Youth
14Hockey, and the Pekin Day Care Center; and
 
15    WHEREAS, John Bagley was community-minded and helped raise
16funds for the Boy Scouts, TAPS, the Heart Fund, Tazewell Youth
17Hockey, Christian Civic Outreach, and the Leadership Circle of
18the United Way of Pekin; he was a regular supporter of St. Jude
19Children's Research Hospital; he made anonymous contributions
20for various community park projects in Pekin and Kirksville,
21Missouri; and
 
22    WHEREAS, As a child, John Bagley attended First
23Presbyterian Church in Kirksville, Missouri and was a member

 

 

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1of St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pekin; and
 
2    WHEREAS, John Bagley loved snow skiing; he also enjoyed
3golfing, water skiing, boating, clay shooting, and keeping up
4to date with the latest sports cars; and
 
5    WHEREAS, John Bagley was preceded in death by his parents;
6his sister, Carolyn Ann Harding; and his sister-in-law, Bettie
7Laier; and
 
8    WHEREAS, John Bagley is survived by his wife; his nephew,
9John David (Rebecca) Harding; his niece, Susan E. (Mark)
10Sells; six great-nieces and great-nephews; his sister-in-law,
11Charlotte Cardiff; his brother-in-law, Clyde Laier; and his
12niece by marriage, Becky (Mark) Beasley and her daughter;
13therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
15ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
16John Robert Pekin and extend our sincere condolences to his
17family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
18further
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20presented to the family of John Bagley as an expression of our
21deepest sympathy.