Full Text of SR0955 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Ken J. McNatt, who passed away on | 4 | | September 4, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ken McNatt was born and raised in Loveland, | 6 | | Colorado; he married his wife, Dolores, in 1954; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ken McNatt left college in 1942 to join the United | 8 | | States Navy, where he became a pilot in the Pacific theater | 9 | | during World War II and rose up to the rank of lieutenant | 10 | | junior grade; while wounded, he successfully landed his badly | 11 | | damaged plane after the plane's pilot had been shot and killed, | 12 | | an action that saved the lives of 4 other crew members; he | 13 | | received a Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and | 14 | | the Air Medal, among other awards, for his bravery; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After the war, Ken McNatt finished college at the | 16 | | University of Denver in 1948 and then began a career in the | 17 | | sales department at Exxon; he retired after 35 years of service | 18 | | in 1983; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, After moving to Wheaton in 1965, Ken McNatt became | 20 | | involved in a broad range of service activities; he served as | 21 | | president of the Arrowhead Homeowners Association and was a |
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| 1 | | township precinct committeeman; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1975, Ken McNatt joined the Warrenville Fire | 3 | | Protection District board; over the next 36 years, he helped | 4 | | oversee the transformation of the district from an | 5 | | all-volunteer department to a much more professionally managed | 6 | | district with a partially paid staff; he remained the | 7 | | district's trustee emeritus after stepping down from the board | 8 | | in 2011; in 1989, he was elected to serve as a trustee in | 9 | | Milton Township, where he served 4 terms before retiring in | 10 | | 2005; as a trustee, he won broad support in 1998 for his | 11 | | formation of the senior-oriented Salt program; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Ken McNatt was a recipient of the senior Good | 13 | | Citizen award from the City of Wheaton in 2009 and was named a | 14 | | veteran of the month by the Illinois Department of Veterans | 15 | | Affairs in 2011; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Ken McNatt is survived by his wife; his daughters, | 17 | | Gwen McNatt and Mary Helen Gibson; his 6 grandchildren; and his | 18 | | great-grandchild; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 | | his family and friends, the passing of Ken J. McNatt; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Ken McNatt as an expression of our | 3 | | sympathy.
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