Full Text of SR2458 99th 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 John Dale Stobbs, who passed away on | 4 | | November 23, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Stobbs was born in Alton to John and Myrtle | 6 | | (Uphoff) Stobbs on November 28, 1932; he graduated from St. | 7 | | Mary's Grade School and Marquette High School in Alton, where | 8 | | he was class president; during his junior year at Marquette, he | 9 | | was elected to be the national president of Junior Achievement, | 10 | | and during his senior year he traveled throughout the country | 11 | | in that capacity; he earned a scholarship to St. Louis | 12 | | University, where he received his undergraduate and law degrees | 13 | | in 1956 with honors; he received his Master of Laws from | 14 | | Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1958; during law | 15 | | school, he served on the Law Journal and was a member of the | 16 | | Order of the Coif; he married Mary DeCicco in Washington, D.C. | 17 | | on November 28, 1959; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, John Stobbs enlisted in the United States Air | 19 | | Force and served in the Judge Advocate General Corps until his | 20 | | retirement as a full Colonel in 1989; he attended and completed | 21 | | studies at the prestigious Air War College in Huntsville, | 22 | | Alabama; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, John Stobbs worked for the United States | 2 | | Department of Justice, where his first case reached the United | 3 | | States Supreme Court; after working for several years as a | 4 | | trial attorney with the Justice Department, he returned home to | 5 | | Alton, where he practiced law for over 50 years and was a | 6 | | partner in the Stobbs and Sinclair Law Firm; he served as a | 7 | | special Assistant State's Attorney under Raleigh Griffith in | 8 | | the early 1970s, where he was specially appointed to prosecute | 9 | | corruption cases; he had a perfect record of 14 convictions and | 10 | | no losses in the cases that proceeded to trial; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Stobbs was a member of several organizations, | 12 | | including the American Legion, the Madison County Bar | 13 | | Association (Treasurer), the Illinois and Missouri State Bar | 14 | | Associations, the Seventh and Eighth Circuit Federal Courts of | 15 | | Appeals, the United States Supreme Court, the Marquette High | 16 | | School Renaissance Society, the Illinois Appellate Lawyers | 17 | | Association (Vice-President), and the American Trial Lawyers | 18 | | Association; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, John Stobbs was preceded in death by his parents; | 20 | | his son-in-law, Gerard Riordan; and his grandson, Stephen | 21 | | "Danny" Stobbs; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, John Stobbs is survived by his wife, Mary; his | 23 | | children, Tracey Stobbs Riordan, Monica Jude Stobbs, Elizabeth |
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| 1 | | Dunn Stobbs, John Dale (Rosario) Stobbs II, Mary Jennifer | 2 | | Margarida, Stephen (Katie) Stobbs, and Kathryn (Don) | 3 | | Santellano; 15 grandchildren; and his sister, Janice Brown; | 4 | | therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | John Dale Stobbs, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 8 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of John Stobbs as an expression of our | 12 | | deepest sympathy.
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