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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Charles H. Kelley, Jr. of Sparta, who |
4 | | passed away on November 18, 2014; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Charles Kelley, Jr. was born in Belleville on |
6 | | November 2, 1955 to Charles H. and Mary (nee Grimm) Kelley; he |
7 | | married Deborah Farthing on September 19, 1975 in Coulterville; |
8 | | and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Charles Kelley, Jr. was a paramedic and, in 1981, |
10 | | he founded MedStar Ambulance, Inc., which he took from having |
11 | | only 2 full-time employees to having 179 employees today, 127 |
12 | | of which are full-time; he also served as mayor of Sparta; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, Charles Kelley, Jr. was a former member of the |
14 | | Board of Directors of the American Ambulance Association and |
15 | | the Board of Directors of the Illinois State
Ambulance |
16 | | Association; he was a member of the Sparta Rotary Club, First |
17 | | United Methodist Church in Sparta, the Sparta Area Chamber of
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18 | | Commerce, the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #3059, Southern |
19 | | Illinois Chapter 32 of the International Harvester Collectors, |
20 | | the
Southwestern Illinois Council of Mayors Association, and |
21 | | the Sparta Lions Club, where was a former President; he was a
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22 | | founding Board Member of the Randolph County 911 Board and was |