Full Text of SR0022 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Duncan Gordon Leitch, formerly of East | 4 | | Peoria and father of former State Representative David Leitch, | 5 | | who passed away on August 3, 2020; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Duncan Leitch was born to Angus McLeod and Rose | 7 | | Ellen Buchanan Leitch in Bad Axe, Michigan on June 19, 1923; he | 8 | | graduated from high school in 1940; he attended Michigan State | 9 | | University, working full time to pay for his education; after | 10 | | Pearl Harbor, he left school, worked in an airplane factory | 11 | | for a year, and then joined the U.S. Navy in 1943; he served in | 12 | | the Pacific at Okinawa where he prepared the U.S. bombers for | 13 | | early morning missions; after his service, he used the GI Bill | 14 | | and graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in | 15 | | agronomy; he married Eunice Krans in 1947, and she passed in | 16 | | 2013, after almost 66 years together; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Duncan Gordan worked in agricultural education; | 18 | | his career kept the family on the move through Michigan, | 19 | | Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana; he loved his job, waking up each | 20 | | day grateful to spend time on farms with farmers; as a child, | 21 | | he grew up on a small farm with no electricity or running | 22 | | water; by the time he was 12, he was responsible for much of | 23 | | the farm work, which was done with horse-drawn equipment; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Duncan Gordan attended Windsor Presbyterian | 2 | | Church in Des Moines, a faith community that gave him and his | 3 | | wife great joy throughout their lives; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Duncan loved tools, woodworking, and projects of | 5 | | all kinds; after retirement, he enjoyed playing the harmonica | 6 | | in local jam sessions; he was fiercely proud of being a | 7 | | veteran, and a highlight of his life was participating in the | 8 | | Iowa Honor Flight for veterans in 2017; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Duncan Leitch was preceded in death by his | 10 | | parents; his sister; his wife; and his son, Paul; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Duncan Leitch is survived by his three children, | 12 | | David, Carol, and Brian; his 11 grandchildren; and his 11 | 13 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Duncan Gordon Leitch and extend our sincere condolences to his | 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Duncan Gordon Leitch as an |
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| 1 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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