Full Text of SR0755 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 L. Milton McClure of Springfield, who | 4 | | passed away on July 12, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Milton McClure was born in Chicago to Lloyd Milton | 6 | | and Margaret Steadman McClure on August 23, 1941; he graduated | 7 | | from Beardstown High School in 1959, from the University of | 8 | | Illinois with a degree in accountancy, and from the University | 9 | | of Illinois College of Law; he was a member of the Sigma Chi | 10 | | Fraternity and was named a Significant Sig in 2012; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Milton McClure worked as a CPA for the Arthur | 12 | | Anderson Accounting Firm in Chicago before he was called into | 13 | | service in the U.S. Army; he served in Vietnam, earning a | 14 | | Bronze Star; he then returned to Beardstown, where he joined | 15 | | the family law firm and practiced law for 45 years, retiring in | 16 | | 2014; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Milton McClure was a member of Cass Lodge #23 A.F. & | 18 | | A.M. in Beardstown, serving as Master of the Lodge in 1983, | 19 | | the ANSAR Shrine, serving as Potentate in 2000, and the Royal | 20 | | Order of Jesters; he was a member of the First United Methodist | 21 | | Church in Beardstown and an associate member of the First | 22 | | United Methodist Church in Springfield; he was a certified lay |
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| 1 | | speaker for the United Methodist Church; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Milton McClure was preceded in death by his | 3 | | parents and his son, L. Matthew McClure; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Milton McClure is survived by his wife of 42 | 5 | | years, Suzanne (Monts) McClure; his children, Merredith (Alan) | 6 | | Dodds, Lloyd M. "Trey" (Dhey) McClure, and Kelly (Eric) Grady; | 7 | | his grandchildren, Benjamin Dodds, Caroline Dodds, and Carlee | 8 | | and Camryn Grady; his brother, George S. (Wyllia) McClure; and | 9 | | several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | L. Milton McClure and extend our sincere condolences to his | 13 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Milton McClure as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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