Full Text of SR0288 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 the Rev. Clark D. Luce of Moline, who | 4 | | passed away on February 20, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Luce was born in Elyria, Ohio to Clark C. and | 6 | | Virginia Blood Luce on July 14, 1927; he served in the United | 7 | | States Army during World War II and in the United States Air | 8 | | Force during the Korean Conflict; he married Myra Roesler in | 9 | | Waseca, Minnesota on November 27, 1954; they celebrated 61 | 10 | | years and 127 days of marriage prior to her death on April 3, | 11 | | 2016; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Luce graduated from Northern Baptist | 13 | | Theological Seminary in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts in | 14 | | religion and in 1972 with a Master of Divinity; he served as | 15 | | pastor of First Baptist Churches of Lexington, Nokomis, East | 16 | | Moline, Park Forest, and Kankakee; he retired in 1996; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Luce enjoyed traveling with his wife and | 18 | | spending time with his family; his leisurely interests included | 19 | | reading, swimming, traveling, following the Cubs and the Bears, | 20 | | and attending weekly veterans meetings; he was a loving | 21 | | husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather; he was a | 22 | | fun person with a wonderful sense of humor, receiving |
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| 1 | | satisfaction from making others laugh; he saw each new | 2 | | challenge as an adventure; all who knew him will dearly miss | 3 | | him; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Luce was preceded in death by his parents; | 5 | | his stepmother, Jane Luce; his wife; his brothers, Blaine and | 6 | | Robert Luce; and his son-in-law, Blair Smith; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Luce is survived by his daughters, Becky | 8 | | Kelley, Melanie (Troy) Frericks, and Rhonda Smith; his son, | 9 | | Kevin Luce; his grandchildren, Matthew, Ashley, Amanda, Molly, | 10 | | Jacob, Nicole, and Erica; a great-grandson, Cohwen; his | 11 | | siblings, Joan (John) Hormel, John (Mindy) Luce, Claudia | 12 | | (Arden) Sims, and Susan Bossley (William Rady); and his special | 13 | | kitty, Sammy; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | the Rev. Clark D. Luce, and extend our sincere condolences to | 17 | | his 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 Rev. Luce as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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