SR0402 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SR0402 LRB103 33207 ECR 63014 r

SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of John Robert Bagley of Pekin, who passed away on June 10, 2023; and

WHEREAS, John Bagley was born to Chester and Edna Mae (Harper) Bagley in Kirksville, Missouri on June 24, 1937; he attended Kirksville public schools and graduated from Kirksville High School in 1955; he received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1959, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Scabbard & Bladewhile, and the baseball program; he later tried out for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1960; he married Mary Laura Frings at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pekin on January 28, 1961; he earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan in 1962; he was inducted into service in the U.S. Army at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, and he served honorably from June 1962 to October 1965; he attained the rank of captain and served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps; and

WHEREAS, John Bagley was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1962 and the Illinois Bar in 1966; he began practicing law in Pekin in November 1965; he became a partner in the firm of Frings, Hoffman & Bagley in 1967, which subsequently became Bagley & Miller with the addition of Louis E. Miller; his areas of concentration were banking law, estate planning, and corporate law; he served as corporate counsel, director, and shareholder of the Herget Financial Corporation and Herget National Bank from 1977 until its sale in 2015; and

WHEREAS, John Bagley was a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Missouri Bar Association; he belonged to the Tazewell County Bar Association and served as its president in from 1972 to 1973; he was a member of the Pekin Country Club and was a past member of its Board of Governors; he was also a member of the Olde Florida Golf Club in Naples, Florida, where he spent the winter months; he served as uncompensated counsel for the St. Paul United Church of Christ, the Tazewell Animal Protective Society, Tazewell Youth Hockey, and the Pekin Day Care Center; and

WHEREAS, John Bagley was community-minded and helped raise funds for the Boy Scouts, TAPS, the Heart Fund, Tazewell Youth Hockey, Christian Civic Outreach, and the Leadership Circle of the United Way of Pekin; he was a regular supporter of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; he made anonymous contributions for various community park projects in Pekin and Kirksville, Missouri; and

WHEREAS, As a child, John Bagley attended First Presbyterian Church in Kirksville, Missouri and was a member of St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pekin; and

WHEREAS, John Bagley loved snow skiing; he also enjoyed golfing, water skiing, boating, clay shooting, and keeping up to date with the latest sports cars; and

WHEREAS, John Bagley was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Carolyn Ann Harding; and his sister-in-law, Bettie Laier; and

WHEREAS, John Bagley is survived by his wife; his nephew, John David (Rebecca) Harding; his niece, Susan E. (Mark) Sells; six great-nieces and great-nephews; his sister-in-law, Charlotte Cardiff; his brother-in-law, Clyde Laier; and his niece by marriage, Becky (Mark) Beasley and her daughter; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of John Robert Pekin and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of John Bagley as an expression of our deepest sympathy.