Full Text of SR0842 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Ronald J. "Ron" Stone of Springfield, | 4 | | who passed away on November 30, 2023; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stone was born in Springfield to Robert G. | 6 | | Sr. and Leona Ellen Bennett Stone on July 29, 1952; he | 7 | | graduated from Glenwood High School in Chatham and received | 8 | | his Bachelor of Arts in Business from Bowling Green State | 9 | | University in 1974; he received his Juris Doctor from the | 10 | | Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1977 and was | 11 | | admitted to the bar the same year; he married Sheri Lynn Smith | 12 | | in Springfield on March 3, 1990; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stone began working as an assistant district | 14 | | attorney in Springfield after law school; in 1983, he began | 15 | | working at Arco-Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oil production | 16 | | facilities, supplying the Trans-Alaska pipeline as a material | 17 | | logistics coordinator; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stone started private practice with the law | 19 | | office of Stratton, Stone, Kopec & Sturm, specializing in the | 20 | | field of civil and criminal litigation, labor and employment | 21 | | law, and administrative law; he later started his own firm, | 22 | | Stone Law Office, and retired in 2021 with over 45 years of |
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| 1 | | practice; one highlight of his career was representing the | 2 | | Springfield Police Benevolent and Protective Association Unit | 3 | | 5, the union that represents city police officers, for more | 4 | | than 35 years; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stone played right wing on the ice hockey | 6 | | team while at Bowling Green State University; he also played | 7 | | for the Pekin Stars and the Peoria Blades before embarking on a | 8 | | semi-professional Continental Hockey League run as #17 and | 9 | | spending time intermittently as captain and coach of the | 10 | | Springfield Kings from 1976 to 1983, culminating as the 1980 | 11 | | Walmar Cup champions; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stone enjoyed playing hockey weekly with the | 13 | | Nelson Center Men's League, classic rock, yardwork, making | 14 | | friends with the neighborhood squirrels, convertibles, | 15 | | boating, grilling, cliff diving, hanging at the Elks Club, | 16 | | water skiing, snow skiing, softball at the Anchor Boat Club, | 17 | | driveway basketball, and making his famous popcorn; he loved | 18 | | teasing his nieces and nephews who referred to him as Uncle | 19 | | Barney, watching them play sports, and spending time with | 20 | | Sheri and their family and friends; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stone was preceded in death by his parents; | 22 | | his twin siblings, Ellen Lee Stone and Richard Allen Stone; | 23 | | his brother, Robert G. Stone Jr.; and his sister-in-law, |
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| 1 | | Jacqueline Clemens Stone; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Ron Stone is survived by his wife, Sheri; his | 3 | | brother, Rik (Tammy) Stone; his nieces, Heather (James) Stone, | 4 | | Morgan (Brendan) Padget, and Dakota Stone (Nick Janiszewski); | 5 | | his nephews, Justin (Kristy) Stone and Trevor (Melanie) Stone; | 6 | | his great-nephews, Alec Stone and Michael Loureiro; his | 7 | | sister-in-law, Marilee Tolan Stone; and his cousins; | 8 | | therefore, be it | 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Ronald J. "Ron" Stone and extend our sincere condolences to | 12 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further | 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Ron Stone as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy. |
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