Full Text of SR1469 098th 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 E. Leslie "Les" Conkling of Kempton, who | 4 | | passed away on September 16, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Les Conkling was born in Princeton on December 20, | 6 | | 1931 to Howard and Elna Mae (nee Sparling) Conkling; he | 7 | | graduated in 1949 from Princeton High School; he received his | 8 | | Associate's Degree from Ogelsby Junior College and his Bachelor | 9 | | Degree in Teacher Education from Northern Illinois University; | 10 | | he did his post-graduate work at Indiana University and | 11 | | Louisiana Tech University and received his Master of Education | 12 | | from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana; he married | 13 | | Sandra J. Jacobs on June 6, 1956 in Dekalb; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Les Conkling was a teacher, coach, and principal | 15 | | for the Kempton-Cabery and Tri-Point School district for 30 | 16 | | years, retiring in May of 1990; he coached high school football | 17 | | at Kempton-Cabery High School and was the first high school | 18 | | football coach and principal for the newly consolidated | 19 | | Tri-Point High School in 1969; he coached basketball, track, | 20 | | and baseball for Tri-Point Schools; he was also a coach for | 21 | | Kempton-Cabery Little League baseball and led the | 22 | | Kempton-Cabery Colts Summer League Baseball Team to multiple | 23 | | championships; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Les Conkling was very active with the Republican | 2 | | Party; he was the Ford County Republican Precinct Committeeman | 3 | | of Mona Township from 1974 to 2004 and the Ford County | 4 | | Republican Chairman from 1978 to 1998; he was the Secretary of | 5 | | the Illinois Republican County Chairman's Association from | 6 | | 1986 to 1990 and served as an Illinois State Representative | 7 | | from July of 1991 to January of 1993 for the old 87th District; | 8 | | he served his community by being both a member of the Kempton | 9 | | Village Board and Kempton Fire Department for over 30 years; | 10 | | and | 11 | | WHEREAS, After retirement from education, Les Conkling | 12 | | worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation for over 9 | 13 | | years, retiring in December of 2002; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Les Conkling enjoyed skiing, fly fishing, and | 15 | | following his Fighting Illini; he also enjoyed reading, | 16 | | traveling, and was most passionate when working with youth, | 17 | | coaching, and volunteering; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Les Conkling was preceded in death by his wife, | 19 | | Elna and his parents; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Les Conkling is survived by his children, Ted | 21 | | (Valerie) and Howard (Mary); his grandchildren, Danielle |
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| 1 | | (Andrew) Donley, Ian Conkling, Brooke (Ben) Carton, Emily | 2 | | Conkling, and Michael Conkling; and his great-grandchildren, | 3 | | Alexis and Wade Donley; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | E. Leslie "Les" Conkling, and extend our sincere condolences to | 7 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Les Conkling as an expression of our | 11 | | deepest sympathy.
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