Full Text of SR0017 100th General Assembly
SR0017 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 Chris Knapp of Danville, who passed away | 4 | | on November 12, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp was born in Danville to Melvin and | 6 | | June (Grubb) Feezor on December 22, 1954; she married Doug | 7 | | Knapp
at Danville First Assembly on November 17, 1973; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp finished cosmetology school before | 9 | | she even graduated high school and worked as a hair stylist for | 10 | | many years; she worked at Elite
Style & Color, J.C. Penny | 11 | | Salon, and Creative Designs in Danville; she and her husband | 12 | | established Express Packaging Service & U-Haul in Danville in | 13 | | 1996; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp volunteered with many organizations, | 15 | | including Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society and | 16 | | Service International, helping provide disaster relief; she | 17 | | also
volunteered at the Danville Women's Care Clinic, where she | 18 | | loved watching the children and was deemed the
"baby whisperer" | 19 | | because she could always tell what the children needed in order | 20 | | to calm them down; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp enjoyed gardening, decorating, |
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| 1 | | shopping, and meeting new people; most of all, she was a | 2 | | cheerful giver and enjoyed countless interactions with people | 3 | | she met; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp possessed many wonderful attributes; | 5 | | her greatest one being that she lived to serve others; she | 6 | | possessed a quite and reassuring strength with her ministry of | 7 | | presence and servanthood and joined her husband in the ministry | 8 | | in 2006 in the New Life Christian Center; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp was preceded in death by her father, | 10 | | Melvin Feezor; her stepfather, Joseph Bannon; her nephew, Ryan | 11 | | Feezor; and her father-in-law,
Robert D. Knapp; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Chris Knapp is survived by her husband, Doug; her | 13 | | mother, June Feezor-Bannon; her mother-in-law, Bonnie
(Doug) | 14 | | Knapp; her children, Robert (Heather) Knapp, David Knapp, and | 15 | | Stephanie (Adam)
Sexton; her brothers, Timothy (Reta) Feezor, | 16 | | and Brian (Michelle) Feezor; her grandchildren, Tristan, | 17 | | Kylie, Harden, Kaden, Karter, Rylan, Conner, and Rhett; her | 18 | | nieces, April (Brett) Kuras, Ashley (Devon)
Meadows, and Kelsey | 19 | | and Brianne Feezor; her nephews, Daniel and Ian Feezor; and | 20 | | several great-nieces
and nephews; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Chris Knapp, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 2 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Chris Knapp as an expression of our | 5 | | deepest sympathy.
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