Full Text of SR0396 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 Jeff Lair of Jacksonville, who passed | 4 | | away on June 18, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jeff Lair was born in Jacksonville to Harry | 6 | | Francis and Marian Lois Summers Lair on January 22, 1951; he | 7 | | graduated from Winchester High School; he married Jane Brown, | 8 | | and they were later divorced; he married Shari Markillie in | 9 | | Laramie, Wyoming on September 6, 2005, and she preceded him in | 10 | | death on October 12, 2008; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Jeff Lair worked as a dispatcher and deputy for | 12 | | the Scott County Sheriff's Department; he served as Scott | 13 | | County Coroner from 1974 to 1976, while he studied to become a | 14 | | paramedic and developed an interest in death investigation; he | 15 | | became a paramedic at Passavant Hospital in 1976 and became a | 16 | | deputy coroner that same year; he was elected Morgan County | 17 | | Coroner in 1984, and he served the county until his retirement | 18 | | in 2019; his career at Passavant Hospital spanned 26 years; | 19 | | following his retirement, he served as a security guard at | 20 | | Memorial Medical Center in Springfield and continued his work | 21 | | as owner of Lair Death Investigations, which he founded in | 22 | | 1996; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jeff Lair was well-known for his passion as a | 2 | | coroner and death investigator; he was board certified by the | 3 | | American Board of Medicolegal Investigators and used his | 4 | | knowledge in solving several previously unsolved homicides; he | 5 | | also founded the Underwater Search and Recovery Team in Morgan | 6 | | County and coordinated entomology classes for police | 7 | | investigators on his property north of Jacksonville; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jeff Lair served as president of Mothers Against | 9 | | Drunk Driving; he was an active member of Kiwanis Club of | 10 | | Jacksonville; he also enjoyed golfing and riding his | 11 | | motorcycle; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jeff Lair is survived by his children, Jennifer | 13 | | Smith, Derek Lair, and Skyler Lair, and his sisters, Janice | 14 | | (Donn) Lobb and Jane (Patrick) McGowan; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Jeff Lair and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 18 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Jeff Lair as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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