Full Text of SR1291 98th 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 Duane W. Strunk of Champaign, who passed | 4 | | away on May 23, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Duane Strunk was born on August 21, 1939 to | 6 | | William C. and Ruth (nee Wasner) Strunk; he served in the | 7 | | United States Army, attended Bradley University in Peoria, and | 8 | | graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 9 | | with a degree in agriculture economics; he married Nancy L. | 10 | | Smith on April 25, 1964; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Duane Strunk was an Illinois licensed general | 12 | | appraiser, farm manager, rural appraiser, and real estate | 13 | | managing broker; he began his career at Commercial National | 14 | | Bank in Peoria and moved to the Champaign National Bank Farm | 15 | | Department in 1976 as department head; in 1985, he opened | 16 | | Strunk & Assoc., Inc., specializing in farm real estate; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Duane Strunk was a loyal Illini; he enjoyed all | 18 | | sports, especially women's basketball, and meeting young | 19 | | students; he was an alumnus of the College of Agricultural, | 20 | | Consumer, and Environmental Sciences; he served on the College | 21 | | of Agriculture Board of Directors for over 15 years and on the | 22 | | University of Illinois General Board of Directors; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Duane Strunk was an active member of the Illinois | 2 | | Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, | 3 | | earning the Accredited Farm Manager and Accredited Rural | 4 | | Appraiser designations; he was also an active member of the | 5 | | Champaign County Farm Bureau and past board of directors | 6 | | member, a member of the Illinois Farm Bureau Equine Grits | 7 | | committee, a 4-H Leader, a member of the University of Illinois | 8 | | Extension State Advisory Council, and a Kiwanis Club of | 9 | | Champaign-Urbana member for over 35 years; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Duane Strunk was a graduate of the first class of | 11 | | Illinois Ag Leadership (1984); he was a national Pony of the | 12 | | Americas Club member, serving on various committees, and was an | 13 | | owner and breeder of Illini Pony of the Americas; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Duane Strunk is survived by his wife, Nancy Smith; | 15 | | he is the proud parent of Derek (Kami) Strunk, Nicole (Doug) | 16 | | Webel, Dawn Strunk Reesman, and Colleen (Karl) Scherer;
the | 17 | | proud grandfather of Blake, Cole, and Ashley Webel, Jacob, | 18 | | Lindsey, Nicholas, and Lucas Scherer, and Taryn, Danielle, and | 19 | | Dane Strunk; he is also survived by his brother, Eugene (Gene) | 20 | | and Joyce Strunk; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Duane W. Strunk, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 2 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Duane Strunk as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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