Full Text of HR1051 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Ben C. | 4 | | Harpstrite of New Baden, who passed away on April 24, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite was born on June 10, 1926, in | 6 | | Trenton; he married Eleanor E. "Ellie", nee Schmidt, Harpstrite | 7 | | on June 19, 1947, in Trenton; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite was a farmer and operated | 9 | | Harpstrite Farms with his wife and his brother, Howard; he was | 10 | | also an insurance agent for Harpstrite Insurance Agency; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite served on the Clinton County Board | 12 | | of School Trustees from 1950 until 1956; he also served as the | 13 | | Lookingglass Township Assessor from 1956 until 1960 and was a | 14 | | member of the Clinton County Board of Supervisors from 1960 | 15 | | until 1966; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite served as an Illinois State | 17 | | Representative from 1967 until 1974, during the 75th through | 18 | | the 78th General Assemblies; he focused mainly on rural issues | 19 | | during his tenure in the Illinois House of Representatives; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite was a member of the First United |
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| 1 | | Methodist Church in Trenton; he was a charter member of the New | 2 | | Baden Lions Club for 60 years; he was a member of Trenton | 3 | | Masonic Lodge 109, the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of | 4 | | Southern Illinois, the Ainad Shriners, the Silver Lake Shrine | 5 | | Club, the MI-CLI-BO Shrine Club, the Centralia Shrine Club, and | 6 | | the Ainad Temple Nuts and Bolts Club; he was a sponsor at | 7 | | Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children and a member of the | 8 | | Eastern Star Trenton Chapter 756; he was also a member of the | 9 | | New Baden Chamber of Commerce and the Clinton County Farm | 10 | | Bureau; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite was preceded in death by his wife, | 12 | | Eleanor E. "Ellie", nee Schmidt, Harpstrite; his parents, | 13 | | Benjamin A. and Ella M., nee Bassler, Harpstrite; his son, | 14 | | James Benjamin Harpstrite; his great-grandson, Nathan | 15 | | Lintzenich; his son-in-law, Dale Roy Zeller; his | 16 | | brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Wilbur A. Schmidt, Jr., | 17 | | Robert Schmidt, Delores Provaznik, and Gladys and Walter | 18 | | Pendracky; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Wilbur A. and | 19 | | Emma M., nee Slavik, Schmidt, Sr.; and his step father-in-law, | 20 | | William Masek; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Ben Harpstrite is survived by his children, Janice | 22 | | L. (Michael) Hamilton, Karen S. (Mike) Riley, Cheryl A. (Rick) | 23 | | Parkin, and Janine M. (Ed) Wuebbles; his grandchildren, Dawn M. | 24 | | (Jim) Lintzenich, Ashley M. Hamilton, Jami S. (Jay) Staser, |
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| 1 | | Michael J. Riley, Rick L. Riley, Kyle A. (Kristy) Bingaman, | 2 | | Jared J. (Kalena) Bingaman, Heidi L. (Tom) Kirchgesner, Craig | 3 | | W. Parkin (fiancee, Lauren Momot), Melanie M. Wuebbles, and | 4 | | Joshua J. Wuebbles; his great-grandchildren, Mikaela | 5 | | Lintzenich, Caleb Lintzenich, Ethan Riley Lemberger, Olivia | 6 | | Bingaman, Gryphon Kirchgesner, Aidan Hamilton, Destiny | 7 | | Wuebbles, Kaitlyn Staser, Torre Parsons, Kolten Staser, Hunter | 8 | | Parsons, Gabe Parkin, Logan Bingaman, and Payton Bingaman; his | 9 | | brother, Howard D. Harpstrite (special friend, Jackie | 10 | | Rickert); his brother-in-law, Frank Provaznik; his | 11 | | sister-in-law, Kathy Schmidt; and his many nieces, nephews, and | 12 | | cousins; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Ben | 16 | | C. Harpstrite; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Ben Harpstrite as an expression of | 19 | | our sympathy.
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