Full Text of SR1078 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Judge Ramón Manuel Escapa of | 4 | | Rushville, who passed away on June 19, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Judge Escapa was born to Angel Luis Escapa Matos | 6 | | and Maria Aponte in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico on December 24, | 7 | | 1979; he was raised in Schuyler County; he graduated from | 8 | | Rushville High School in 1998; he married Michelle Ann Thomas | 9 | | at the Schuyler County Courthouse in Rushville on February 6, | 10 | | 2003; he received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science | 11 | | from Western Illinois University in 2004; he earned his Juris | 12 | | Doctor from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2008; | 13 | | he was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 2009; he served in the | 14 | | U.S. Army National Guard for 12 years and had currently been | 15 | | serving as an officer of the JAG Corps; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Judge Escapa previously served as a deputy for | 17 | | the Schuyler County Sheriff's Office and as a police officer | 18 | | for the Beardstown Police Department; he also formerly taught | 19 | | English as a Second Language in Beardstown; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Judge Escapa became a partner in the law firm of | 21 | | Lucie, Scalf, Escapa & Graham in Macomb in May 2009; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Judge Escapa was elected as state's attorney of | 2 | | Schuyler County in 2012; he was twice reelected before he was | 3 | | appointed to circuit judge in 2020; he was currently serving | 4 | | as a judge in the Eighth Judicial Circuit at the time of his | 5 | | passing; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Judge Escapa was a member of the St. Rose of Lima | 7 | | Catholic Church in Rushville; he was also a member of Ride | 8 | | Illinois, the Schuyler County 22 Club, the Knights of | 9 | | Columbus, Rushville Masonic Lodge #9, the Illinois Bar | 10 | | Association, and the Illinois Latino Judges Association; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Judge Escapa was preceded in death by his father; | 12 | | his paternal grandfather, Luis Escapa Negron; his maternal | 13 | | grandmother, Cecilia Oritz Braceti; and his maternal | 14 | | grandfather, Ramón Aponte Betancourt; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Judge Escapa is survived by his wife of almost 20 | 16 | | years, Michelle; his mother; his paternal grandmother, Isabel | 17 | | Matos Escapa; his children, Isaac Manuel Escapa, Isaiah Ramón | 18 | | Escapa, Isabel Marie Escapa, and Ian Luis Escapa; his brother, | 19 | | Luis Escapa; his half sisters, Angely Escapa and Valery Pratt; | 20 | | his half brothers, Christian Escapa and Jacob Clayton; his | 21 | | stepbrother, Kyle Clayton; his special aunt, Luisabel Escapa; | 22 | | and his numerous other aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and | 23 | | cousins; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Judge Ramón Manuel Escapa and extend our sincere condolences | 4 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 5 | | it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Judge Escapa as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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