Full Text of HR1288 93rd General Assembly
HR1288 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Charles Edward McChesney of Gladstone passed away | 3 |
| on November 6, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Burlington, Iowa on May 18, 1928 to | 5 |
| Clarence Dale and Maud Della Charles McChesney; he graduated | 6 |
| from Biggsville High School in 1945 and attended Iowa State | 7 |
| University; on April 23, 1948, he married Edith Marie Conner; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, He was a farmer and a livestock feeder, a | 10 |
| grassroots politician and a life-long public servant; he was | 11 |
| one of the founders of Gladstone Grain Company and the Gulfport | 12 |
| River Terminal; for several years he operated Cheap Charlie's, | 13 |
| a retail outlet for salvaged goods; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a 4-H Club leader and president of the | 15 |
| Gladstone PTA; he served on the Unit #115 School Board; he | 16 |
| served on the Henderson County Fair Board; he was a director on | 17 |
| the Western Illinois Electric Cooperative board; he was a | 18 |
| co-founder of the Tri-County Cattlemen's Association and | 19 |
| Hend-Co-Hills Golf & Country Club; he was a host farmer to | 20 |
| Japanese exchange students through the Japanese Agricultural | 21 |
| Training Program and was one of only two farmers to tour Japan | 22 |
| compliments of the Program; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as chairman of the Henderson County | 24 |
| Young Republicans; he founded and organized the Highway 34 | 25 |
| Coalition and lobbied elected officials in Washington for | 26 |
| federal funds to re-route the U.S. Route 34 project between | 27 |
| Monmouth, Illinois and Burlington, Iowa; he was a member of | 28 |
| Biggsville Methodist Church and, later, of Monmouth's First | 29 |
| Baptist Church; and | 30 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Charles Edward McChesney will be |
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| deeply felt by many, especially
his wife of 56 years, Edith; | 2 |
| his daughters, Dr. Cheryl (Kevin Garrett) McChesney, Linda | 3 |
| (Tom) Eisenmayer and Marlene McChesney; his son, Kurt | 4 |
| McChesney; his 11 grandchildren; his great-granddaughter; his | 5 |
| brothers-in-law, Marvin Pohren, Francis Conner and Paul | 6 |
| Conner; his niece, Pat Brown; and his nephew, Don Simmons; | 7 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 |
| mourn the passing of Charles Edward McChesney along with all | 11 |
| who knew and loved him and we extend our sincere condolences to | 12 |
| his family and friends during their time of bereavement; and be | 13 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 15 |
| his family as an expression of our deepest sympathy.
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