Full Text of SR0575 95th General Assembly
SR0575 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of James "Jim" Robert Mansell of Hinsdale, | 4 |
| who passed away on February 11, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Jim Mansell was born in Tupelo, Mississippi on | 6 |
| August 18, 1929; he graduated from Mississippi State University | 7 |
| in 1951 with a degree in Civil Engineering and immediately went | 8 |
| into the United States Air Force as a Lieutenant; and
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| WHEREAS, Jim Mansell married Alice Ann Appleton in Biloxi, | 10 |
| Mississippi on April 26, 1952, and served in Germany from 1952 | 11 |
| until 1955; upon returning to the United States, he began his | 12 |
| lifetime career with Chicago Bridge and Iron Company in | 13 |
| Birmingham, Alabama, extending over several states and foreign | 14 |
| countries; and
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| WHEREAS, He served on the Board of Directors at Harris Bank | 16 |
| in Hinsdale and upon his retirement from Chicago Bridge and | 17 |
| Iron Company, he was elected Chairman of the Board at Harris; | 18 |
| he also served for 17 years as Chairman of the Board at | 19 |
| Washington Square Retirement Home; and
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| WHEREAS, He loved people and had many friends of all ages, | 21 |
| including some very special little buddies; he was truly a |
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| Southern gentleman, yet a country boy and outdoorsman; his | 2 |
| favorite activity was hunting and shooting skeet; he also | 3 |
| enjoyed playing golf at Hinsdale Golf Club and watching the | 4 |
| kids' activities there; and
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| WHEREAS, Jim Mansell is survived by his wife, Alice; their | 6 |
| two sons, Bob (Sallie) and Quint; his five grandchildren, | 7 |
| Quint, Amanda, Matthew, Mollie, and Bonnie; his sister, Pat | 8 |
| Rowland; and his several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Jim Mansell; and be it | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Jim Mansell as a symbol of our | 15 |
| sympathy.
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