Full Text of SR1175 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 James L. "Jim" Ranney of East Peoria, | 4 | | who passed away on August 29, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jim Ranney was born in East Peoria to James E. and | 6 | | Helen (Sperry) Ranney on October 19, 1938; he graduated from | 7 | | East Peoria Community High School in 1956 and earned a degree | 8 | | in biology at Eureka College in 1962; he married Sandra Ruth | 9 | | Pfeiffer in Ashton on December 29, 1963; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jim Ranney began his career in education as a | 11 | | science teacher and coach at Ashton Westview Jr. High School; | 12 | | then, while teaching at Woodruff High School in 1964, he | 13 | | attended Bradley University and received his master's degree | 14 | | in Guidance and Counseling; in 1970, he earned his Ph.D. in | 15 | | Educational Administration from Southern Illinois University, | 16 | | where he was awarded the Raymond Foster Memorial Scholarship; | 17 | | he then worked for the Troy Community Consolidated School | 18 | | District in Joliet as the Assistant Superintendent for | 19 | | Curriculum, Research, and Title Project and as a junior high | 20 | | school principal; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Jim Ranney was named an Outstanding Young Man in | 22 | | America by the Phi Delta Kappa Professional Fraternity for Men |
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| 1 | | in Education in 1972; he returned to the East Peoria area to | 2 | | become the Director of Elementary Curriculum for Peoria Public | 3 | | Schools in 1973, where he worked until he retired in 1993; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Jim Ranney was a proud resident of East Peoria | 5 | | and took great pride in being involved in the community; in | 6 | | 1975, he became the Commissioner of Public Property for East | 7 | | Peoria; he also served as a board member for the Tri-County | 8 | | Planning Commission and as a member of the East Peoria Kiwanis | 9 | | Club and Bicentennial Commission; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Jim Ranney was elected mayor of East Peoria in | 11 | | 1979, a position he proudly held until 1987; during his time as | 12 | | mayor, he served as the chairman of the Tri-County Mayor's | 13 | | Association and was a member of several local groups, | 14 | | including the East Peoria Chamber of Commerce, the Tri-County | 15 | | Economic Development Council, where he served as an executive | 16 | | committee member for three years, the Route 121 Task Force, | 17 | | the Central Illinois Alcoholism Council, Big Brothers/Big | 18 | | Sisters, the Peoria Lake/Illinois River Study Advisory | 19 | | Committee, the Eighteenth District Congressional Award | 20 | | Council, the Peoria Area Volunteer Fire Prevention Advisory | 21 | | Council, the Women Strength Sexual Assault Advisory Committee, | 22 | | the Tri-County Tomorrow Steering Committee, and the United Way | 23 | | Home Health Care Task Force; one of his greatest achievements | 24 | | as mayor was starting the Festival of Lights Parade in 1985; |
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| 1 | | and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Jim Ranney was recognized in Who's Who in America | 3 | | in 1983 and the Directory of Distinguished Americans in 1984; | 4 | | he was named the East Peoria Citizen of the Year in 1986; in | 5 | | 1987, he was honored as the Tri-County Citizen of the Year and | 6 | | was also awarded the Eureka College Alumni Award of Merit; he | 7 | | was honored by East Peoria with the public service building | 8 | | named after him; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Jim Ranney was a member of Phi Delta Kappa, the | 10 | | Sigma Zeta Science Honorary Society, the International Reading | 11 | | Association, the Illinois Reading Association, and the | 12 | | National Council of Teachers of English; he was a past member | 13 | | of the Illinois Association of Supervision & Development and | 14 | | the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; he | 15 | | was a longtime member of the University United Methodist | 16 | | Church in Peoria; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jim Ranney loved going to different places; he | 18 | | enjoyed attending the Indy 500, which he did for over 40 years, | 19 | | Bradley basketball games, Bears games, and Cubs game; he also | 20 | | enjoyed golfing with his buddies and spending time with his | 21 | | friends; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Jim Ranney was preceded in death by his daughter, |
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| 1 | | Christine; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Jim Ranney is survived by his wife of 58 years, | 3 | | Sandra; his son, James (Mindi) Ranney; his grandchildren, | 4 | | Zachary, Joshua, Nicole, Paige, and James Max; and his | 5 | | brother, Bill (Peggy) Ranney; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | James L. "Jim" Ranney and extend our sincere condolences to | 9 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Jim Ranney as an expression of our | 13 | | deepest sympathy.
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