Full Text of SR0711 103rd 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 Charles Lohman Dancey of Pekin, who | 4 | | passed away on January 9, 2024; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Charles Dancey was born to Albert Duane and | 6 | | Bertha (Lohman) Dancey in Pekin on November 28, 1916; he | 7 | | earned a degree in journalism from the University of Illinois | 8 | | in 1938; during his studies, he worked as a research assistant | 9 | | in the Physiology department throughout the school year and as | 10 | | an assistant manager at the Mineral Springs Park swimming pool | 11 | | in the summer; he married Nina Evelyn Manker at Grace United | 12 | | Methodist Church in Pekin on December 10, 1944; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Between 1938 and 1941, Charles Dancey worked as a | 14 | | Pekin correspondent for the Peoria Star, a press agent for the | 15 | | State of Illinois in Springfield, and as a reporter covering | 16 | | the federal court for the Peoria Journal; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Charles Dancey joined the U.S. Marine Corps in | 18 | | February 1941, serving with tactical commands from second | 19 | | lieutenant to major in the South Pacific for two years and 11 | 20 | | months; he was then stationed as director of the Combat | 21 | | Machine Gun School at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, From 1946 to 1950, Charles Dancey worked as a | 2 | | Pekin/Tazewell County correspondent for Peoria Newspapers, | 3 | | Inc. and as a newscaster for the WSIV Pekin radio station; he | 4 | | also served as a member of the Pekin City Council, | 5 | | commissioner of the police and fire departments, state | 6 | | commandant of the Marine Corps League in Illinois, and | 7 | | commander of Charlie Company, the Marine Corps Reserve Unit | 8 | | based in the Peoria area; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Charles Dancey and the Charlie Company were | 10 | | called to active duty in 1950; he joined the headquarters | 11 | | staff at the Parris Island Recruit Depot, where he was | 12 | | assigned to handle the integration of the armed forces into | 13 | | the new Defense Department and the initial racial integration; | 14 | | he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1951; after his | 15 | | reservist tour had ended, he was called to participate in a | 16 | | monthlong session at the Naval War College in 1952 and at the | 17 | | National War College in 1959; he was promoted to colonel in | 18 | | 1959; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Charles Dancey returned to his journalism career | 20 | | in 1952, working at the copy desk and covering the State | 21 | | legislature when it was in session; after the two Peoria | 22 | | newspapers merged into the Peoria Journal Star, he worked as | 23 | | an assistant to the publisher, the supervisor of the editorial | 24 | | and mechanical departments, and as an editor; he retired in |
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| 1 | | 1986 while being retained as a consultant and serving on the | 2 | | board of directors of the Peoria Journal Star into the 1990s; | 3 | | and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Charles Dancey was a member of the Inter-American | 5 | | Press Association, also known as Sociedad Interamericana de | 6 | | Prensa, where he served as a member of the board of directors | 7 | | and the executive board, as vice-president of the Freedom of | 8 | | the Press Committee, and as chairman of the Conclusions | 9 | | Committee; he also served as a juror for the Pulitzer Prize in | 10 | | the 1970s and was a board member of the B'nai B'rith Covenant | 11 | | House, the St. Francis Free Clinic, and the Dirksen | 12 | | Congressional Research Center; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Charles Dancey was a longstanding member of Grace | 14 | | United Methodist Church in Pekin, Empire Lodge 126, and the | 15 | | Ancient Free & Accepted Masons in Pekin; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Charles Dancey was preceded in death by his wife; | 17 | | his parents; his son, Richard Dancey; his daughter-in-law, | 18 | | Tina Dancey; his grandson, Jacob Dancey; three brothers; and | 19 | | two sisters; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Charles Dancey is survived by his sons, Burt | 21 | | Dancey and Clinton (Debbie) Dancey; his daughter-in-law, | 22 | | Margaret Dancey; his grandchildren, Zedford (Kyong) Dancey, |
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| 1 | | Sarah Dancey, Silas (Kristen) Dancey, Rebekah Dancey, Amos | 2 | | (Mara) Dancey, Abigail (Nathaniel Williams) Dancey, Elias | 3 | | (Bethany) Dancey, Emily (Jordan) Head, and Ethan (Malissa) | 4 | | Dancey; his granddaughter-in-law, Lia Dancey; 18 | 5 | | great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter; | 6 | | therefore, be it | 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Charles Lohman Dancey and extend our sincere condolences to | 10 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 11 | | further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Charles Dancey as an expression of | 14 | | our deepest sympathy. |
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