Full Text of HR1303 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are deeply saddened to learn of the death of | 4 | | John P. Shonkwiler of Monticello, who passed away on July 18, | 5 | | 2012; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, John Shonkwiler was born in Decatur on April 5, | 7 | | 1933, to Robert P. and Mary Dickey Shonkwiler; he graduated | 8 | | from Monticello High School in June 1951, the University of | 9 | | Illinois in 1955, and Northwestern University School of | 10 | | Law-Chicago in June 1962, with a juris doctor; he served in the | 11 | | U.S. Navy for 23 years in both active and reserve duty; he | 12 | | retired as a captain in Naval intelligence in 1978; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, John Shonkwiler worked in his father's law office | 14 | | until 1965, when he was appointed magistrate of the Sixth | 15 | | Judicial Circuit; he was appointed an associate judge from 1971 | 16 | | to 1972, a circuit judge by the Supreme Court in 1974, and was | 17 | | elected to that office in 1974 by the people of Piatt County; | 18 | | he was a judge for 47 years and chief judge of the Sixth | 19 | | Judicial Circuit for 18 1/2 years; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, John Shonkwiler was a delegate to the National | 21 | | Conference of Special Court Judges, chairman for the Judicial | 22 | | Conference Committee on Contempt, member of the Illinois State |
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| 1 | | Bar Association Assembly, member of the board of directors for | 2 | | the Illinois Judges Association, president of the Illinois | 3 | | Judges Association, member of the executive committee for the | 4 | | Illinois Judicial Conference, and was a member of the Supreme | 5 | | Court Committee on Judicial Mentoring; he received a | 6 | | commendation from the president of the Illinois Senate for his | 7 | | contribution to child support enforcement; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Shonkwiler was preceded in death by his | 9 | | parents, Robert and Mary Shonkwiler and his sister, Suzanne | 10 | | Shonkwiler Olds; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Shonkwiler is survived by his sister, Mary | 12 | | Alice (Robert) Strodel; his five nieces and one nephew; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we mourn the passing of John Shonkwiler, and we extend our | 17 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 18 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 21 | | sympathy.
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