Full Text of SR0353 101st 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 R. Thomas "Tom" Heinhorst of Mahomet, who | 4 | | passed away on April 11, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tom Heinhorst was born in Peoria to Ralph E. and | 6 | | Alberta Thomas Heinhorst on March 29, 1941; he was raised on a | 7 | | farm near Forest City in rural Mason County; he began his | 8 | | primary education at the one-room Red Oak School and then | 9 | | graduated from Easton Community High School; he received his | 10 | | bachelor of science degree from the University of Illinois | 11 | | College of Agriculture in January of 1960; in 1984, he | 12 | | continued his education at the National Graduate Trust School | 13 | | at Northwestern University and graduated with the highest | 14 | | honors; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Tom Heinhorst began his career as a farm manager | 16 | | and rural appraiser on January 27, 1964; he became the vice | 17 | | president and trust officer of the Champaign National Bank in | 18 | | February 1979; he was named vice president and trust officer of | 19 | | the Champaign National Bank Farm Department, a position he also | 20 | | held at BankIllinois and Main Street Bank & Trust; he retired | 21 | | as the senior vice president of Ag Services at Busey Bank in | 22 | | March 2010; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Tom Heinhorst earned the Accredited Farm Manager | 2 | | (AFM) designation from the American Society of Farm Managers | 3 | | and Rural Appraisers in Ames, Iowa in 1969; he also earned the | 4 | | Accredited Rural Appraiser (ARA) designation from the American | 5 | | Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers in Lexington, | 6 | | Kentucky in 1970; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Tom Heinhorst was a member of the Estate planning | 8 | | Council of Eastern Illinois, the American Society of Farm | 9 | | Managers and Rural Appraisers, and the Champaign Chamber of | 10 | | Commerce; he received recognition from the American Society of | 11 | | Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers for his 50 year | 12 | | membership; he served as president of the Estate Planning | 13 | | Council of Eastern Illinois, treasurer of the Champaign County | 14 | | Fourth of July Freedom Celebration Inc., and president of the | 15 | | Champaign-Urbana Jaycees; he was awarded the JCI senatorship by | 16 | | Champaign-Urbana Jaycees on June 1976; he was a lifelong | 17 | | learner and upon retirement began taking OLLI classes at the | 18 | | University of Illinois; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Tom Heinhorst was a member of the University Place | 20 | | Christian Church, where he was a past elder, deacon, and | 21 | | trustee; most recently, he attended the Mahomet Christian | 22 | | Church; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Tom Heinhorst was preceded in death by his parents |
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| 1 | | and his first wife, Peggy J. Bailey; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Tom Heinhorst is survived by his wife, Martha; his | 3 | | children, Julie Boyd, Jodi Heinhorst, Jason Heinhorst, and | 4 | | Jennifer Heinhorst; his grandchildren, Cecilia, Jared, | 5 | | Allyson, and Joelle; his sister, Sue Meisner; and his | 6 | | brother-in-law, Johnie Meisner; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | R. Thomas "Tom" Heinhorst 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 Tom Heinhorst as an expression of | 14 | | our deepest sympathy.
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