Full Text of SR2249 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 Charles E. Finn of Champaign, who passed | 4 | | away on December 8, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Charles Finn was born in Paxton to Earnest and | 6 | | Jessie Finn on June 10, 1933; he was raised and educated in | 7 | | Gibson City and graduated from Gibson City High School in 1951; | 8 | | he was a member of the National Honor Society and participated | 9 | | in football, basketball, track, and drama; he graduated from | 10 | | the University of Illinois in 1955 and was a member of the | 11 | | Sigma Pi fraternity; he was also the varsity football senior | 12 | | manager under coach Ray Elliott and a member of the Tribe of | 13 | | Illini and the Sachem Honor Society; he received the MaWanDa | 14 | | Honorary Activities Award, was one of the top 100 Senior Men, | 15 | | was the house treasurer of the Sigma Pi fraternity, and was a | 16 | | member of the Student Senate; while a senior at the University | 17 | | of Illinois, he married Blanche Marie Faikus and also served as | 18 | | the assistant secretary of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Charles Finn served in the United States Army | 20 | | Reserves as a captain in the ARMOR Division; he received a | 21 | | commendation medal in 1958; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Charles Finn joined the family business, Finn |
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| 1 | | Furniture, in Gibson City; he was then hired by Kroehler | 2 | | Furniture Company as a salesman and sales manager; he later | 3 | | went to work for the Alan White Corporation as the vice | 4 | | president of Midwest sales; he returned to Kroehler Furniture | 5 | | as the national account manager and corporate vice president | 6 | | and general manager of the southwest region of the United | 7 | | States; in 1982, he went to work at Flexsteel Industries as | 8 | | vice president and then as sales manager at Cleveland Chair | 9 | | Company; he finally started his own marketing company, | 10 | | Professional Furniture Marketing with Bob O'Meara and | 11 | | continued to direct sales and merchandising until he retired at | 12 | | the age of 75; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Charles Finn was a philanthropist and supporter of | 14 | | the University of Illinois; he donated to funds for | 15 | | scholarships for business majors at the College of Business and | 16 | | the Dike Eddleman Scholarship Fund and also for the indoor | 17 | | football practice field and the equipment room; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Charles Finn's University of Illinois alumni | 19 | | experiences included being a member of the President's Council | 20 | | U of I Foundation in 1989, a member of the Business Activity | 21 | | Council and Dean's Business Council from 1995 until 2011, and | 22 | | the College of Business chairman from 2003 until 2006; he was a | 23 | | supporter of the I Fund and a member of the Loyalty Circle for | 24 | | ten years; he received the William E. Winter Award from the U |
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| 1 | | of I Foundation for National Advocacy in 2002, the U of I | 2 | | Alumni Association Loyalty Service Award in 2004, and the | 3 | | Varsity I Man of the Year Award through the DIA in 2005; he | 4 | | received the College of Business Alumni Association | 5 | | Appreciation Award at the Spring Chicago Luncheon in 2013; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Charles Finn was a historian of "The Galloping | 7 | | Ghost" Red Grange's life story and commissioned a screenplay to | 8 | | promote the making of a feature film; in 2013, he wrote a play | 9 | | titled "Red Grange Comes to the Virginia Theater," which was | 10 | | produced and performed as a fundraiser to buy a new projector | 11 | | for the theater; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In recognition for his service to the Virginia | 13 | | Theater, Charles Finn was selected as honorary commissioner for | 14 | | the Champaign Park District in 2013; from 2006 until 2017, he | 15 | | served as chairman of the Finance Committee of Savoy United | 16 | | Methodist Church, and, during that time, the church paid off | 17 | | its mortgage; he was a member of the Champaign/Urbana Noon | 18 | | Kiwanis Club and served as president from 2017 until 2018; on | 19 | | December 7, 2018, he was presented the Kiwanian of the Year | 20 | | Award; he was a loving husband to his wife and a role model for | 21 | | his children; he taught them to live life to the fullest, | 22 | | follow their dreams, and to never give up; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Charles Finn is survived by his wife, Blanche; his |
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| 1 | | son, Steven Charles Finn; his daughter, Pamela Finn Trueblood; | 2 | | his ex-son-in-law, Steven David Trueblood; his grandson, | 3 | | Robert Steven Finn; his granddaughter, Jennifer Marie | 4 | | Trueblood; and his cousins, Maxine Stroh, Ray Stroh, and Anita | 5 | | Lahr; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Charles E. Finn and extend our sincere condolences to his | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Charles Finn as an expression of our | 13 | | deepest sympathy.
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