Full Text of SR0282 100th 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 Paul Stone of Sullivan, who passed away | 4 | | on February 11, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Paul Stone was born in Jasper County to Claude and | 6 | | Ruth Stewart Stone on September 21, 1915; he graduated from | 7 | | Sullivan Township High School in 1933; he married Thelma Jones | 8 | | in Benton on February 5, 1939 and graduated from the University | 9 | | of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science in General Business in | 10 | | 1940; he received his law degree from the University of | 11 | | Illinois in 1942; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Paul Stone was admitted to the Illinois Bar on | 13 | | September 14, 1942 and practiced law in Sullivan for 55 years, | 14 | | retiring in 1998 as senior partner of Stone, Stone and Hanson; | 15 | | and | 16 | | WHEREAS, In 1950, Paul Stone was elected as State | 17 | | Representative for the 24th District of the 67th General | 18 | | Assembly and served one term; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, In 1961, Paul Stone was appointed by Governor Otto | 20 | | Kerner to the Teacher's College Board for Eastern Illinois, | 21 | | Northern Illinois, Western Illinois, and Illinois State |
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| 1 | | Universities; he served as Chairman from 1965 to 1966; during | 2 | | the 1994 Centennial Celebration of Eastern Illinois | 3 | | University, he was selected as a member of the Centennial 100, | 4 | | one hundred individuals who made a significant positive | 5 | | contribution to the life of Eastern Illinois University during | 6 | | its first century; he also served as a member of the Illinois | 7 | | Board of Higher Education, the Universities Civil Service Merit | 8 | | System, the Western Illinois University Foundation Board, and | 9 | | the Illinois State University Foundation Board; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1966, Paul Stone was again elected as a State | 11 | | Representative, this time for the 48th District; he was | 12 | | re-elected four times until retiring in 1976; he served on the | 13 | | Higher Education Committee during his 12 years in the House, | 14 | | serving as the committee minority spokesman in the 78th General | 15 | | Assembly and Vice-Chairman; he served as Chairman of the | 16 | | Democratic Conference in the 79th General Assembly; he received | 17 | | the 1967 Certificate of Merit from the Illinois Association of | 18 | | County Superintendent of Schools, the 1971 R.L. Kelly UAW CAP | 19 | | Council Social Justice Award, the 1971 Outstanding Legislator | 20 | | Award from the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and | 21 | | Universities, the 1972 Outstanding Legislator Award from the | 22 | | Young Democrats of Illinois, the 1974 Certificate of | 23 | | Appreciation from the John L. Kelly Chapter of the Credit Union | 24 | | National Association, the 1975 Commendation Award from the | 25 | | Illinois States Attorneys Association, and the 1975 |
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| 1 | | Environmental Legislator of the Year Award from the Illinois | 2 | | Environmental Council; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Paul Stone was honored by the University of | 4 | | Illinois School of Law as its Alumni of the Month in February | 5 | | of 1973; in 1978, he was elected to a six-year term on the | 6 | | University of Illinois Board of Trustees, serving as Board | 7 | | President in 1981 and 1982; in 1988, he received a Special | 8 | | Recognition Award from the University of Illinois College of | 9 | | Medicine for his long-standing support of the College; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1980, Paul Stone was elected to the Sullivan | 11 | | High School (SHS) Hall of Fame; in 1989, at his 50th wedding | 12 | | anniversary, University of Illinois President Stanley | 13 | | Ikenberry presented he and his wife with a scholarship their | 14 | | family had established to be awarded to a graduate of SHS; in | 15 | | 1997, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the | 16 | | Sullivan Community Education Foundation as one of its founders, | 17 | | its first chairman, and long-time board member; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Paul Stone was a member of the Sullivan First | 19 | | United Methodist Church for over 73 years; he was a member of | 20 | | the George A. Sentel Masonic Lodge, the Ancient Accepted | 21 | | Scottish Rite, the Elks and Moose Lodges, the American | 22 | | Judicature Society, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, | 23 | | and the American Academy of Political and Social Science; he |
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| 1 | | served over 25 years as an Appeal Agent for the Local Selective | 2 | | Service Board; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Paul Stone was preceded in death by his parents; | 4 | | his wife of 69 years, Thelma; his brothers, Guy and David; and | 5 | | his sisters, Hilda Pearson, and Rose Volkman; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Paul Stone is survived by his children, Elaine | 7 | | (Fred) Heavy, Paul Lee (Sandy) Stone, Michael (Vonnie) Stone, | 8 | | and Marsha (Jim) Daniel; his sister, Lola Horn; his brothers, | 9 | | Lloyd and Stephen Stone; 10 grandchildren; 14 | 10 | | great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Paul Stone, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 15 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Paul Stone as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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